MEGALAEMA. 427 



Bhootan to Cashmere, at elevations of from 4,000 to 6,000 feet, from the 

 middle of May to the middle of July. Nests made in holes of trees excavated 

 by the parents. Eggs, 3 4, pure white, from 1-25 to 1-48 inch in length and 

 from 0-89 to i '05 in breadth. 



1021. Megalsema virens (Bodd.), Swiniwe, P. Z. S. 1871, p . 391 ; 



Dav. et. Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 56; Hume and Dav., Str. F. vi. p 150. 

 Hume, Str F. viii. p. 88; Bingham, Str. F. ix. pp. 165, 473. Bucco virens, 

 Bodd., Tabl. PI. Enl. p. 53. Bucco grandis, Gm., Syst. Nat. i. 408. The 

 GREAT CHINESE BARBET. 



Like Megalccma marshallorum, but without the yellow collar on the hind 

 neck, and the head is a duller blue. Bill yellow, horny at the tip ; irides dark 

 brown ; legs and feet dirty green. 



Length. 13 to 13*3 inches; tail 4-6; wing 5-8; tarsus i'2 ; bill from 

 gape 2-1. 



Hab. China, and Tenasserim in the neighbourhood of Pahpoon. Breeds in 

 Tenasserim, where Capt. Bingham found the eggs in February and March. 

 Eggs pure white, 2 3 in number. 



1022. Megalaema mystacophanus (7>/.), Marsh., Mon. Capt/. 



pi. xix. ; Wald. in Blyth's B. Burm. p. 74; Tweedd., Ibis, 1877, p. 299; 

 Hume and Dav., Str. F. vi. p. 152; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 88. Bucco mysta- 

 cophanus Tern., PI. Col. 315. Chotorea mystacophanus, Gates, B. Burm. ii. 

 p. 130. The GAUDY BARBET. 



Upper surface of the body including the tertiaries green, glistening on the 

 nape and upper neck ; lower surface dull green ; inner webs of quills dark 

 brown, outer webs the same and margined with green; forehead, forecrown 

 and a patch on the nape golden yellow ; lores, hind crown, middle of nape, chin, 

 throat and a small spot on each side of the neck scarlet ; superciliary streak 

 black ; cheeks and a broad band across the foreneck blue ; tail bluish below. 

 Bill black ; legs and feet horny green ; irides deep brown. 



Length. 9 inches; tail 2*5 ; wing 4 ; tarsus I ; bill from gape 1*7. 



Hab. The Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo and Tenasserim in British 

 Burmah, where it is found, according to Gates, from the extreme south up to 

 Nwalabo mountain and Tavoy, affecting the evergreen forests. 



1023. Megalsema Hodgsoni, Bonap., Consp. Av. i. p. 144 ; 



P. Z. S. 1866, p. 540; Marsh., Mon. Capit. pi. xxxvi. ; Hume, Nests and Eggs 

 Ind.B.p. 129; id., Str. F. Hi. p. 75; Blyth and Wald., B. Burm. p. 73; 

 Anderson, Yunnan "Exped. p. 583; Hume and T)av., Str. F. vi. p. 151; 

 Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 88 ; Oates, t. c. p. 166 ; Scully t. c. p. 251 ; Bingham, 

 Sjr. F. ix. p. 165. Megalaema lineata, apud Jerd., B. Ind. i. p. 309, No. 192. 

 Cyanops Hodgsoni, Oates, B. Burm. ii, p. 132. The LINEATED BARBET. 



