MEGALiEMA NUCHALES. 
(THE EMBROIDERED BARBET.) 
Megalccma nuohalis (1862) Gould, P.Z.S. p. 283. 
„ (1863) Swinhoe, Ibis, p. 387. 
...... (1870) Swinhoe, Ibis, p. 97 and plate IV. fig. 2. 
...... (1864) Gould, B. of Asia, pi. 10. 
Megalxma calanchima (1863) Goffin, Mus. Pays Bas, Bucc. 94. 
Native Name. 
Hoii-Kwa-cheow . . . Swinlioe. 
M. sexibus similibus : viridis : gutture aurantiaco : fronte nitenti viridiscenti-luteo : occipite cyaneo. 
Hah. in insula, " Formosa '' dicta. 
Adult. Male. Sexes alike ; body green ; forehead and top of the head light shining 
greenish yellow ; occiput and sides of the neck blue, the feathers of nape mixed green, 
blue, and red ; a spot in front of the eye, and some of the feathers on the upper back, 
scarlet ; quills brown, inner web at base and exterior edge of the primaries yellowish white ; 
rest of the upper plumage rich dark green ; cheeks and ear-coverts bright blue ; chin, 
throat, and a spot at the base of the lower mandible golden yellow, followed by a broad 
band of blue joining the blue of the cheeks ; below this is a large vermillion spot on the 
upper breast ; under surface bright grass green ; bill horny black, shading into sulphur 
yellow at the base of both mandibles ; rictal bristles strongly developed ; irides reddish 
brown ; legs and feet olive black ; length 7^, bill wing 4|, tail 4|, tarsus 1". 
Young. According to Swinhoe, the young bird has no tinge of blue on the wings ; 
the back is duller green and devoid of the yellow wash, and the five-tipped feathers at the 
Additional references.— J!f«/7 :ma nuchalis: Swinlioe, P. Z. S. p. 333 (1863); Gould, Ibis, p. 387 (1863), et 
Ibis, p. 220, note (1865) ; Swinnoe, Ibis, p. 545 (1865); Swinhoe, Ibis, pp. 296 — 401 (1866). 
