XANTHOL^MA. 389 



"Adult (type of species}. Upper half and sides of the head gray, 

 passing into white on the sides of the forehead and throat; all feathers 

 of the forehead and a broad central band through the crown to the nape, 

 ornamented with glossy, black, horny appendages, and having the subter- 

 minal portion of each feather white ; a broad band of similarly horn- 

 tipped feathers extending down the center of the throat; back of the 

 neck deep chestnut; remainder of the upper parts deep glossy green, 

 inclining to purplish blue on the quills and tail; the feathers of the 

 latter with white ends ; at the base of the neck a broad golden rufous semi- 

 circle bordering the white throat and blending into the deep chestnut of 

 the sides of the neck and chest; abdomen, thighs, and under tail-coverts 

 brownish black, washed with a dark green gloss on the outside of the 

 thigh-coverts; under wing-coverts deep chestnut like the breast; quills 

 uniform glossy black; eyelashes strong and black. 'Orbital patch and 

 iris red; bill horn-yellow; legs gray.' (Everett.) Length, 432; cul- 

 men, 38; wing, 155; tail, 229; tarsus, 41. 



"Nestling. Upper half and sides of the head, wings, and body, both 

 above and below, dark reddish brown; the quills and base of the tail 

 glossy greenish black, with which color other portions of the wings are 

 mottled ; a broad white end to the tail ; neck all round rufous, passing into 

 rufous-gray on the chin." (Shelley.) 



A male from Bataan Province, Luzon, measures: Wing, 158; tail, 230; 

 culmen from base, 37 ; bill from nostril, 27 ; tarsus, 41 ; middle toe with 

 claw, 39. 



Order SCANSOKES. 



BARBETS. 



Bill stout and strong; nostrils at base of bill and visible from above, 

 partly covered by long stiff bristles; wings moderate; first primary very 

 short ; tail short and nearly square ; rectrices ten ; toes four, the outer one 

 reversed, middle and inner ones united for their basal joints. 



Suborder CAPITONES. 



Characters same as those given for the Order. 



Family CAPITONID^. 



Characters same as those given for the Order. 



Genus XANTHOL^MA Bonaparte, 1854. 



Bristles about bill reaching beyond its tip; a small bunch of shorter 

 bristles on chin ; a narrow circle of bare skin around eye ; prevailing color 

 green with patches of red and yellow; length, about 150 mm. Individuals 

 of the Philippine species are solitary and may be observed perched in 



