MEGALiEMA VERSICOLOR. 
(THE BEAUTIFUL BARBET.) 
Bucco versicolor . 
Megalaima versicolor 
Megalcbma versicolor 
Chotorea versicolor 
Bucco rafflesii 
Megalaima versicolor 
Megalaima versicolor 
Megalaima versicolor 
Bucco versicolor . 
Barhu higarre 
Taloo, natives of Sumatra 
Talcoor, natives of Malacca 
Panggil, natives of Labuan 
(1822) Baffles, Linn. Trans, xiii., p. 284. 
(1846) G. E. Gray, Gen. of Birds, ii., p. 429. 
(1850) Bonaparte, Consp. Avium, p. 12. 
(1856) Horsf. & Moore, Cat. ii., p. 640. 
(1839) Lesson, Eev. Zool., p. 137. 
(1856) Motl. & Dillw. Nat. Hist. Labuan i., p. 28 
(1863) Goffin, Scbleg., Mus. Pays-bas, Buccones, p. 15. 
(1868) G. E. Gr. Cat. Brit. Mus. Capitonida?, p. 6. 
(1846) Blyth, J. A. Soc. Bengal, xv., p. 13. 
(1838) Temm, Eecueil des Ois, PI. 309. 
. (Eyton). 
. (Motley). 
M. sexibus similibus, viridis, capite versicolore ; fronte, pileo toto nuchaque late coccinneis, loribus et 
regione parotica nigris. 
Hah. In regione Malayana. 
Description. Sexes alike; body green; head ornamented with bright colours, head, 
nape, a spot below the eye and one on each side of the lower part of the throat rich red ; 
cheek orange, with a blue spot at the base of the lower mandible ; a broad streak over the 
eye purphsh blue, the throat and upper breast cobalt, basal half of the feathers black ; 
quills brown; the inner web pale yellowish at the base; the exterior edge of the primaries 
edged with green, the secondaries more broadly edged, especially the umermost, which are 
almost entirely green. Tail underneath blueish green ; bill and feet black, rictal bristles 
very strongly developed. 
Hah. Sumatra (Wallace), Banjermassing {Motley), Borneo (Schwaner), Siam {Tem- 
minck), Malacca, Penang (Cantor), Bangka (Schkgel), Java {British Museum). 
This gaudily plumaged bird is common enough in museums 
and collections, but we 
