MEQALiEM A VIRIDIS. 
(THE GREEN B A R B E T.) 
Bucco viridis (1783) Boddaert; Tabl. des PL Enl. p. 53. 
Barlu de make (1783) Buffon ; PI. Enl. VII. p. 43.5. 
Capita viridis (1816) Vieillot; N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. IV. p. 59. 
Le eabezon vert (1816) Vieillot; N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. IV. p. 59. 
Bucco caniceps (1832) Sykes ; P. Z. S. p. 97, No. 123. 
Megalaima viridis (1846) Gr. E. Gray; Gen. of Birds II. p. 429. 
„ „ (1847) Jerdon; 111. Ind. Orn. t. 26. 
M. viridis : minor : gutture albescente, haud striate : capita, nucliaque, leete brunneis. 
Hob. in India meridionali. 
Sexes alike; body green; head and neck dark umber brown; the feathers of the upper 
back finely centred with yellowish white ; upper plumage rich dark green ; quills brown ; 
inner webs pale yellowish at the base ; cheeks and a superciliary eye- streak white; chin, 
throat, and breast yellowish white, the breast-feathers being laterally edged with brown ; 
under surface pale grass green ; tail underneath greenish blue ; bill pale horny brown ; irides 
red brown; orbital skin brown; legs plumbeous brown {Jerdon) ; length 8*", wing 4'", tail 
2*75" inches {Jerdon). 
Hah. Southern India ; the Malabar Coast up to 14" N.L. {Jerdon) ; the Deccan 
{Sykes). 
Additional referenees.— ^mcco viridis: Gmelin (1788), S. N. Vol. I. p. 408; Latham (1790), Ind. Orn. I. 
p. 205; Jerdon (1840), Madr. Journ. Vol. XI. p. 217; Hartlaub (1841), Eev. Zool. p. 337; Ouvier (1829), Eegn. 
An. p. 457; Buff, PI. Enl. No. 870 ; Latham (1790), Hist, of Birds, p. 228 ; Temminck (1832), PI. Col. texte ; 
Jerdon (1844), Madr. Journ. XIII. pt. 2, p. 140 ; Blyth (1846), J. A. S. Beng. XV. p. 13. Megalaima viridis : 
Blytli(1849), Cat. Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 67, No. 319 ; Horsf. & Moore (1856), Cat. Mus. E. I. C. 11. p. 639, No. 
926; Jerdon (1862), Birds of India, No. 194 ; Bonaparte (1850), Consp. Av. p. 144 ; G. E. Gray (1868), Cat. 
Brit. Mus. Capitonidee, p. 13. 
