394 Mr. R. Bowdler Sharpe on 



remainder of under surface of body emerald-green, with a 

 wash of golden green on the fore neck and breast ; on each 

 side of the lower throat a spot of bright golden yellow, like 

 the collar on the neck; sides of body and flanks more grass- 

 green, the latter with paler green edges ; thighs green, yel- 

 lowish on their inner aspect ; under tail-coverts light emerald- 

 green ; under wing-coverts and axillaries pale yellow, slightly 

 washed with green ; quills below dusky, yellow along the 

 inner edge : " bill black ; feet scaly green ; iris black "" 

 (/. W.). Total length 7-8 inches, culmen O'S, wing 37, tail 

 2-35, tarsus 0-95. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but with an enormously 

 large bill (!), the colour of the sides of the crown and the 

 sides of the face golden yellow, not so bright as the collar on 

 the neck, but not so green as in the male. Total length 8*3 

 inches, culmen 0*95, wing 3'6, tail 2*3, tarsus 1" 



Nos. 1916, 2026. " Found from 5000 to 8000 feet, but 

 very local.^^ 



It is difficult to find the nearest ally of this beautiful 

 Barbet, which is quite distinct from any other species of 

 Megalcema. Perhaps the nearest is M. henricii, which has a 

 blue throat and some blue on the crown ; but the Kina-Balu 

 bird has no yellow on the forehead and eyebrow, and has a 

 golden-yellow collar instead of a red one. 



Fam. CucuLiD.E. 



15. HiEUOcoccYX BOCKi, Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 1886, 

 p. 157. 



Nos. 2257,2302. Ad. c? ? . '' Bill yellow at base, greenish 

 yellow at tip, culmen dark brown ; feet yellow ; iris dark 

 brown." 



Compared with the type in the Tweeddale collection. 



16. CUCULUS POLIOCEPHALUS. 



No. 2202. $ . " Bill black ; bare skin round eye, legs, 

 and gape king's yellow ; eye yellow." Only met with at 8000 

 feet. Note very like that of a Megal(Bma. 



"■ I send two species of Cuckoo, which seem to be resident 



