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1019. Xantholaema haematocephala. The Crimson-breasted 

 Barlet or Coppersmith. 



Bucco haeniatocephalus, P. L. 8. Mull. Natursyst., Anhang, p. 88 

 (1776). 



Bucco philippinensis, Gm. Syst. Nat. i, p. 407 (1788) ; Sundevall, 

 A. M. N. H. (1) xviii, p. 397. 



Bucco indicus. Lath. Lid. Orn. i, p. 205 (1790). 



Megalaima philippensis, Blyth, Cat. p. 68. 



Xantholaema indica, Horsf. 8f M. Cat. ii, p. 644; Jerdon, B. I. i, 

 p. 315 ; Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xxxvii, pt. 2, p. 22 ; King, ibid. 

 p. 214; Beavan, Ibis, 1869, p. 416; McMaster, J. A. S. B. xl, 

 pt. 2, p. 209 ; Walden, Ibis, 1871, p. 162. 



Xantholaema haemacephala, Marshall, Mon. Cap. p. 101, pi. 42; 

 Hayes Lloyd, Ibis, 1873, p. 407 ; Adam, S. F. ii, p. 466 ; Butler, 

 S. F. iii, p. 460 ; ix, p. 387 ; Stanford, S. F. v, p. 245 ; Hume $ 

 Dav. S. F. vi, p. 155 ; Ball, S. F. vii, p. 206 ; Cripps, ibid. p. 264 ; 

 Legge, Birds Ceyl, p. 218 ; Hume, Cat. no. 197 ; Scully, S. F. viii, 

 p. 253 ; Vidal, 8. F. ix, p. 54 ; Reid, S. F. x, p. 26 ; Oates, B. B. 

 ii, p. 136 ; id. in Hume's N. $ E. 2nd ed. ii, p. 329 ; Barnes, Birds 

 Bom. p. 122 ; Hume, 8. F. xi, p. 69. 



Megalsema haemacephala, Blyth fy Wald. Birds Burm. p. 74 ; Fair- 

 bank, S. F. v, p. 397. 



Xantholaema haeruatocephala, Shelley, Cat. B. M. xix, p. 89. 



Kat-Khora, Tambayat, H. ; Chota bussunt bairi, Chota-benebo, Beng. ; 

 Phouk Bussunt, Manbhiim ; Bussunta lisora, N.W.P. ; Juktuk, Mahr. ; 

 Tokoji, Tel. ; Kokoorupan, Tamil (Ceylon) ; Kotoruwa, Mal-Kotoruiva, 

 Cing. ; Hnet-padane, Burm. 



Fig. 27. Head of X. hcematocephala. 



Coloration. Lores black ; forehead and sinciput crimson, a black 

 band across the vertex extending down each side of the head 

 behind the eye to the malar region ; occiput and sides of neck 

 greyish green, remainder of upper parts olivaceous green, varying 

 to yellowish ; primary-coverts and quills blackish, the quills with 

 pale yellow inner margins, and some primaries pale-edged outside 

 near the tip ; a broad supercilium and a still broader streak below 

 the eye, with the chin and throat, bright yellow ; fore neck crimson, 

 fringed below by golden yellow ; breast, abdomen, and under tail- 

 coverts yellowish white, streaked longitudinally with olive or 

 olivaceous green, especially on the flanks ; tail faintly washed 

 beneath with pale verditer-blue. 



