MEGALiEMA 
(THE BLACK-CAPPED 
FABEE. 
BAPtBET.) 
MegaUmafaler ....... (1870) Swinhoe, Ibis, p. 96 & plate IV. fig. 1 . 
M. sexibus similibus ; viridis ; gutture aurantiaco, fronte, nigro. 
Hah. In insula " Hainan " dicta. 
Sexes alike : body green ; whole top of the head black with a bluish green tinge, the 
feathers stitF shalfted ; the occipitals broadly tipped with scarlet, and the side feathers with 
blue ; a spot in front of the eyes scarlet ; the ear-coverts and a band across the throat 
cobalt blue ; upper plumage dark green ; quills brown, base of the inner webs and the 
exterior edge of the primaries yellowish white ; throat and a spot at the base of the lower 
mandible golden yellow ; a large scarlet spot on the upper breast joining the blue band ; 
the rest of the under surface bright grass green ; tail underneath greenish blue : irides 
deep reddish brown ; bill plumbeous black, whitish at the base of the mandibles ; rictal 
bristles strongly developed, black ; legs and feet leaden grey, with a greenish tinge ; wing 
4, tail 2 6-10, tarsi \\. These measurements are from the dried skin. 
Habitat. The island of Hainan {Swinlwe). 
This bird, which was first discovered by Mr. R. Swinhoe in 1868 in the island of 
Hainan, is the second new addition he has made to the genus, and is nearly allied to M. 
nuchalis of the island of Formosa. 
The following is Mr^ Swmhoe's account of this species, and as he is the only Naturalist 
who has obtained it as yet, we give it in extenso : — 
