MEGALiEMA LAGIIAN DIEKJ. 
(LAGR AN D lEllE'S B A 11 B E T.) 
Megalcema lagrandieri (1868) Yerr. ; Nouv. Arch, du Museum, III. p. 88. 
(1870) Gray ; Hand-1. of B. II. p. 175. 
M. rostro ad apicem compresso et acuto : viridis : capite versicolor! : crisso rubro. 
Hah. in Cochin-China. 
Male. — General colour green, with more or less of a bluish shade on the upper surface 
of the body; this blue colour is especially more pronounced on the lesser wing-coverts, 
having more of an olive tone on the lower parts of the body, the middle of the belly being 
clear blue ; head and neck brown, darker above than below ; on the forehead a very narrow 
band of greenish yellow terminated with red, the plumes being directed forward ; the next 
band, which is larger, has all the feathers terminated with red, the plumes of the nape and 
hind part of the neck having also a darker or lighter shade of this colour, especially towards 
the base of the latter ; ear-coverts washed with blue, traces of which colour are visible on 
the ends of the feathers of the chin and fore part of the neck, some of the latter being 
tinged with red towards the extremity ; wings blackish, bordered externally with olive-green 
on the primaries, green only on the secondaries, the inner webs all yellowish white, and the 
under wing-coverts also of the same colour; tail-feathers coloured like the wing on the 
upper part, but having a silvery tinge underneath ; under tail-coverts blackish at the base 
and red for the rest of their extent, the latter colour varying in intensity ; beak much 
curved and equal in length to the head, very strong at the base, conspicuously vaulted and 
rather conical, the upper part blackish but all the rest whitish, furnished with long bristles 
extending for more than half its length ; tarsi rather long, horn-coloured, as also are the 
nails ; wings with the third and fourth quills longest ; tail rather long and slightly rounded. 
Total length 31 centimetres, closed wing 13 centims., tail 6 centims., beak from angle of 
mouth 6 centims., height of bill at nostrils 1 centim. 8 millims., tarsus 3 centim., length of 
anterior toe without the nail 3 centims., internal one from cleft 1 centim., posterior toe 
2 centims. 4 millims., inner one 1 centim. 
