S4 CAPITONID^E. 



Calorhamphus lathami, Marshall, Mon. Cap. p. 179, pi. 72; nee 



Bucco lathami, Gmel. 

 Calorhamphus hayii, Hume, S. F. iii, p. 319 ; d. Cat. no. 190 bis ; 



Hume $ Dav. S. F. vi, p. 149 ; Oates, B. B. ii, p. 138 ; Shelley, 



Cat. B. M. xix, p. 50. 



Coloration. Upper parts throughout dark brown, the feathers of 

 the crown with black shafts and narrowly edged with rufous, 

 those of the mantle with narrow yellow edges, which are more 

 conspicuous on the upper tail-coverts ; these pale fringes disappear 

 with wear ; quills and tail-feathers also dark brown, the quills with 

 fulvous inner margins ; sides of head dark brown like the crown, 

 becoming paler and reddish in the malar region ; chin and throat 

 still paler rufous, remainder of lower parts sullied yellowish white. 



Bill black in the male, dull reddish brown in the female ; irides 

 dull red or brownish red ; legs and feet orange, claws black 

 (Davison). 



Length 7*25 ; tail 2 ; wing 3'25 ; tarsus -85 ; bill from gape 1-2. 



Distribution. From the southernmost part of Tenasserim through- 

 out the Malay Peninsula to Sumatra. 



Habits, fyc. According to Davison this is a forest bird, usually 

 seen in small parties of three or four, hunting about the branches 

 and leaves of trees, clinging in all positions like a Tit, and feeding 

 on insects as much as fruits. It has a most peculiar note, a low 

 soft whistle. 



Genus MEGALJEMA, GL E. Gray, 1842. 



Bill large, culmen rounded, not angulate, much curved, upper 

 mandible considerably swollen at the base and overlapping the 

 lower ; nostrils completely covered by plumes and bristles, base of 

 bill surrounded by bristles not so long as the bill ; wings rounded ; 

 tail square. Sexes alike. 



This genus as restricted comprises three species of large size, 

 two of which are found within our area ; the third, M. lagrandieri, 

 occurs in Cochin China. The prevailing colour is green. The 

 under tail-coverts are bright red. 



Key to the Species. 



Head and neck deep violet-blue M. marshallorum, p. 84. 



Head and neck verditer with a greenish tinge. M. virens, p. 86. 



1006. MegalsBma marshallorum. The Great Himalayan Barbet. 



Megalaima virens, Blyth, Cat. p. 66 ; Horsf. fy M. Cat. ii, p. 635 j 

 Jerdon, B. I. i, p. 308 ; Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xxxvii, pt. 2, p. 22 ; 

 Beavan, Ibis, 1869, p. 415 ; Godiv.-Aust. J. A. S. B. xxxix, pt. 2, 

 p. 97 ; Marshall, Mon. Cap. p. 33, pi. xvi. ; nee Bucco virens, 

 Bodd. 



Megalaema marshallorum, Swinhoe, A. M. N. H. (4) vi. p. 348 

 (1870) ; Jerdon, Ibis, 1872, p. 11 ; Cock 8f Marsh. S. F. i, p. 350; 



