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Male : general colour vivid yellowish-green, with the winglet and 

 base of the secondaries indigo-blue, and the medial portion of the 

 secondaries inclining to emerald-green ; primaries black, the longest 

 tinged with indigo towards the base ; cap grey ; a broad black frontal 

 band, continued to the eyes, and a broad black moustache, with some 

 black feathers also on the throat ; above the moustache, between it 

 and the frontal band, the feathers are of the same grey colour as 

 those of the crown ; tail green above, with some blue on its middle 

 feathers, and dull golden-yellowish below ; upper mandible coral-red, 

 tip white; lower mandible black. The/ema/e differs in having the 

 head less pure grey, and the bill is wholly black, and the primaries 

 dull black, margined with dark grass-green. Length of female 

 about 20 inches, of which the middle tail-feathers occupy 9^ ; of 

 wing 7 inches. 



The female has the " iris golden-yellow ; bill black ; feet blackish- 

 grey." — Cantor'' s Notes. 



A single female from Pinang, being the only example that has 

 as yet been brought to Europe. Inhabits also the Nicobar Islands. 



140. LORICULUS GAL6ULUS. 



Psittacus galgulus, Linn. (PI, Enl. 190; Edw, B. t. 293. f. 2). 

 Seren-dak, Sindada, Malacca. 

 From Malacca. 



141. Eos RUBRA. 



Psittacus rubra, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 335 (PI. Enl. 519 ; Edw. B. 

 t. ] 73 ; Le Vaill. Perr. t. 93, 94). 

 Locality not stated. 



142. Megalaima chrysopogon. 

 Bucco chrysopogo7i, Temm, PI. Col. 285. 

 Malacca. 



143. Megalaima versicolor. 



Bucco versicolor. Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 284 (1822). 



Bucco rafflesi, Lesson, Rev. Zool. (1839) p. 137. 



Takoor, Malays. 



From Pinang and Malacca. 



144. Megalaima mystacophanos. 

 Bucco mystacophanos, Temm. PI. Col. 315. 

 Bucco quadricolor, Eyton, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 105. 

 Takoor Capata Cuning, Malays, 



From Malacca. 



145. Megalaima indica. 



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



Megalaima philippensis auctorum . 



Bucco rafflesius, Boie (nee Lesson). 



Chanda, Malays of Sumatra (Raffles). 



From Keddah and Province Wellesley, Malacca. 



