OIN Tlllil GJ']NEliA. 
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/'. Cjiitturo ;iuranti:u;(). 
a!'. Froiitc cocciiicri M. frankimn. 
b". Fronto iiignl M. jahcr. 
c". Froiitc viridcsccnti-sulpliurcH. 
a'". Occipitc Cccruleo M. nnchafis. 
b'". Occipitc cocciuco M. oorti. 
g'. Gutture viridi; occipitc cscrulco M. armiUurk. 
h'. Gutture cyaneo. 
a". Fronte rubra M. asiutica. 
h". Fronte fiava. 
a'". Occipitc viridi M. flavifrons. 
b'". Occipite Cccruleo M. henricii. 
c". Fronte cjerulea M. australis. 
d". Fronte nigra. 
a'". Regione parotica coccinea M. duvaucelii. 
b'". Regione parotica cyane^ M. cyanotis. 
i'. Crisso rubro ^- legrandieri. 
c. Virides, capite brunneo vel albo striato. 
al. Gutture albescente. 
a". Capite nuchaque laete brunneis M. viridis. 
b". Capite nuchaque striatis. 
a'". Major, pectore pallide brunneo striato M. hodgsoni. 
V". Minor, pectore late brunneo striato M. lineata. 
V. Gutture brunneo. 
a". Pectore ventreque brunneis M. inornata. 
b". Pectore brunneo, albo striato ; ventre viridi. 
a'". Major, capite albescenti-brunneo M. caniceps. 
b'". Minor, capite lajte brunneo M. zetjlanica. 
d. Gutture striato ; superciliari viridi M. phaostriata. 
2. Genus Xanthol^ma. 
Characteristics.— BiW shorter than head, stout, and blunt at tip ; rictal bristles extending 
beyond the tip of the bill. All four species have the forehead red. The general colour of 
the plumage, which is soft and loose, is green. Wings moderate in length. Tail short. 
Legs and feet as in Megalcema. In food, and nidification also, they resemble the above- 
named genus. 
The Xantholoemce are spread over Continental India, Ceylon, Sumatra, Java, Cochin- 
china, and the Philippines— one species, X. hwmacephala, having a larger range than 
any other member of the Capitonidce, if the opinion we have formed be right, namely, 
that the Philippine bird is identical with Latham's Bucco indicus. 
Prince Bonaparte was the first to separate this genus from that of Megalcema— to which 
it is closely allied, so much so that we were at first doubtful whether we should adhere to 
his separation. As, however, it is a well-marked little group, the four species of which 
bear a strong family likeness to each other, and may be distinguished easily by their 
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