MEGALvEMA ARMILLARIS. 
(THE ORANGE-BANDED B A 11 B E T.) 
Bucco armillaris ....... (1824) Temm. ; PI. Col. pi. 89. fig. 1. 
„ ....... (1829) Cuvier ; Eegn. An. p. 457. 
(1841) Hartlaub ; Eev. Zool. p. 337. 
(1846) Blyth; J. A. S. p. 14. 
Megalaima armillaris (1846) Gray ; Gen. of B. II. p. 429. 
(1863) Goffin ; Mus. Pays-Bas, Bucc. p. 22. 
(1868) G. B. Gray ; Cat. Brit. Mus. Capit. p. 7. 
M. sexibus similibus : viridis : gutture viridi : occipite caeruleo, vitta pectorali aurantiactl. 
Hob. in insula " Java " dicta. 
Sexes alike ; body green ; lores black ; forehead, sinciput, sides of the occiput, and a 
distinctly marked gorget coming up the sides of the neck rich golden-orange ; the centre of 
the occiput and nape bright marine-blue; quills brown, inner webs pale yellowish at the 
base, exterior webs edged with green, more broadly on the secondaries, the innermost 
of which are almost entirely green ; tail underneath greenish blue ; bill black, the rictal 
bristles strongly developed; irides brown; legs and feet olive-brown. Wing 3"*5, tail 2"-3. 
Hob. W. Java {Wallace). 
According to Temminck, on the authority of S. Miiller, the Orange-banded Barbet is 
exceedingly common in Java, in the depth of the mountain-forests, about 5000 feet above 
the sea-level. Mr. A. E. Wallace mentions that it is confined to the western portion of 
the island. 
The following account of its habits is taken from the MS. of Bocarme :— 
"A fig-tree, covered with the small round yellow figs, is a great attraction to this 
species of Barbet ; and a collector by taking up a concealed position near one of these trees 
may kill as many as he wishes. They are principally found in the thick woods between 
