XANTHOL^MA H U B E I G A P I L L A 
(THE ROSE-CROWNED CEYLON BARBET.) 
Bucco rubricapillus . . . • 
Le Barhet d, joue jaune 
Bucco ruhncapillus . . . • 
,, Lathami . . . • • 
Le harhu varhichon .... 
Le cahezon A courrone rouge 
Capito rubricapillus . . . • 
Le cahe%on d masque rouge . 
Capito Latliami . . . • • 
Megalaima ruhricapilla 
Lathami .... 
Megalcema ruhricapilla 
Xantholdma ,, 
X. sexibus siniilibus : viridis : giitture 
(1776) Brown, 111. XIV. 
(1776) „ „ XV. 
(1788) Gmelin, S. N. Vol. I. p. 408. 
(1788) 
(1806) Le Vaill. Barbus, i^. .56. 
(1816) Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. p. 497. 
(1816) 
(1816) „ „ „ P- -i'JS. 
(1816) 
(1846) G. E. G. & Geu. of B. p. 429. 
(1846) ,, „ „ „ 
(1849) Blyth, Cat. of B. Mus. A. S. p. 68. 
(1856) Horsf. & Moore, Cat. of B. II. p. 646. 
(1867) Blyth, Ibis, p. 297. 
: nuchas lateribus viridescenti cyaneis. 
i7a6. in insula "Ceylon" dicta. 
Sexes alike ; body green, forehead and sinciput scarlet ; a band across the top of the 
head black ; occiput and nape green washed with verditer ; the rest of the upper plumage 
dark green edged with paler green ; quills brown, pale yellowish at base of inner webs, 
jxterior web edged with green ; lores, a supercilliary eye-streak, cheeks, ear-coverts, and 
chroat rich golden yellow, the ear-coverts being tipped with black, forming a continuation 
of the band across the head ; moustachial streak and sides of the neck verditer ; a large 
spot on the upper breast scarlet edged with yellow ; breast light yellowish green shading 
Additional refrrences.— ruhncapillus: Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 205 (1790); Cuv. Eegn. Anim. p 457 
(1829); Hartl. Bev. Zool. p. 337 (1841) ; Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. pp. 386—464 (1847). Bucco Lathami: 
Lath. Ind. Orn. I. p. 205 (1790) ; Cuv. Eegn. Anim. I. p. 457 (1829). MegaUma ruhricapilla: Bonap. Cousp. 
Av. p. 144 (1850). Megalaima ruhricapilla: Bonap. Consp. Vol. Zyg. p. 12 (1854); Layard, Ann. Nat. Hist. 
I. 448 (1854) ; Tenn. Ceylon, I. p. 178 (1860) ; GofE'. Mus; Pays Bas, Buccones, p. 26 (1863). 
