MEGALiEMA JAVBN818. 
(T HE B L A 0 K-B R E A S T E D J A V A N B A 11 B E T.) 
Le Barhu Icotorea 
Bucco javensis 
„ tristis 
,, Ivotorea 
Megalaima javensis 
Megalcema javensis 
Chotorea javensis . 
(1807) Le Vaill. ; Barbus, Supi)l. p. 42, fig. C. 
(1820) Horsf. ; Trans. Linn. Soc. XIII. p. 181. 
(1822) Drap. ; Diet. Class. d'Hist. Nat. II. p. 19-5. 
(1831) Temm. ; PL Col. p. 88 (texte). 
(1842) G. K. Gray ; Gen. of B. II p. 429. 
(1854) Bonap. ; Consp. Volucr. Zyg. p. 12. 
(1856) Horsf. & Moore; Cat. of B. II. p. 640. 
M. sexibus similibus : viridis : gutture eoccineo ; fronte pallide sulphurea. 
Hab. in insula "Java" dicta. 
Sexes alike ; body green ; lores scarlet ; forehead and head straw-yellow, shading into 
green at the back of the neck; sides of the face and a superciliary stripe black, tipped with 
green ; a large yellow spot at the base of the lower mandible ; the upper plumage rich dark 
green, the feathers of the nape and sides of the neck being edged with lighter green as in 
M. mystacophanus, giving it a scalloped appearance ; chin, throat, and upper breast deep 
scarlet, below which comes a broad irregular crescent of black, which joins on to the black 
of the face ; under surface bright grass-green ; tail underneath greenish blue ; the quills 
brown, the inner web pale yellowish at base, the outer bordered with green, especially on 
the secondaries, the innermost of which are almost entirely green ; rictal bristles strongly 
developed ; bill black ; irides dark brown ; legs and feet dull olive. Length about 9"-0, 
wing 4"-l, tail 2"-9. 
Hah. Java. East Java {Wallace). Temminck also gives Sumatra as a locality; but 
this is probably an error. 
The Black-breasted Barbet is apparently confined to Eastern Java, where it is stated by 
Additional references. — Bucco javensis: Hartlaub (1841), Rev. ZooL p. 337 
(1863), Mus. Pays-Bas, Bucc. p. 19 ; G. E. Gray (1868), Cat. Brit. Mus. Capit. p. 6. 
Megalaima javensis 
Goffin 
