MEaiLiEMA HODGSONT. 
(HODGSON'S LTNEATED 1'>ARB1:T). 
(1844) Hodgs. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 85 (ncc Franlch). 
(1846) Gray, Cat. Capit. Brit. Mus. p. 114, {nec FraaJcl.). 
(1846) Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng, XV, p. 12. 
(184<9) Blyth, Cat. Birds Mus. As. Soc. Beng. p. 66. 
(1850) Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. I, p. 144. 
(1856) Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. I. Co. II, p. 637. 
Native Names. 
Paharia KoruJ, Bengal (Jerdon). 
Dang K anion g pho, Lepcha (Jerdon). 
Kudurta and Khotoor, Nepal (Hodgson). 
Fho goung, Arracan (Phaijre). 
Po Koung, Burmese ( TicheU). 
M. major : viridis : capite brunneo, albescente variegate : gutture albescente : nucha tota et pectore 
pallida brunneis, striis latis albis notatis. 
Hah. in regione Himalayana. 
Head and back of neck white tinged witli green on tlie latter, the feathers margined 
with light brown ; lower part of the back light yellowish green ; scapulars dark green 
washed with brighter green ; wing-coverts greenish, the least ones with a tinge of blue, 
the others washed with bright grass green ; quills brown, light yellow at the base of the 
inner web, the outer web, especially of the secondaries, bright grass green ; tail bright 
green above, blueish green below ; feathers round the eye and ear-coverts hoary ; throat 
white ; the shafts of the feathers very distinct ; breast white margined with pale bro^ra. 
Additional references.— il/e$raZccma Eodgsoni, GoS. in Sehl. Mus, Pays Bas, Buccones, p. 34 (1862) 
Gray, Cat. Capit. Brit. Mus. p. 12 (1868). Bncco lineati^s, Blyth, Ann. Nat. Hist. XX, p. 321 (1847). 
Megalama lineata, Bonap. Consp. Vol. Zygod. p. 12 (1854), Horsf. & Moore, Cat. Birds Mus. E. I. Co. II, 
p. 636 (1856), Jerdon, Birds of Ind. I, p. 309 (1862). Megalama McCJellandi, Goff. in Sclil. Mus. Pays 
Bas, Buccones, p. 36, foot-note (1862) Gray, Cat. Capit- Brit. Mus. p. 12 (1868). 
Megalcema caniceps 
Bucco lineatus 
Megalcema lineata 
Megalcema Ilodgsoni 
Meaaliema iPOlelland: 
