MEGACEPHALON. — MEGALAEMA. 
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Megabias tricolor Gray, Handl. Birds I. 324. 
MEGACEPHALON (Megapodidae. — [xeyac grandis, ^aXov caput) — Tem- 
minck 1844. — Gray, Genera Birds 1846. III. 489. 
Bill moderate, robust, with the culmen elevated at the base, curved, and com- 
pressed on the sides towards the tip; the lateral margins slightly curved; the gonys 
moderate and ascending; the nostrils basal and lateral. Wings moderate and 
rounded, with the fifth and sixth quills equal and longest. Tail moderate, emar- 
ginated in the middle and rounded on the sides. Tarsi robust, rather longer than 
the middle toe; the knee denuded of feathers and the front covered with small 
scales, which enlarge and are transverse near the base of the toes. Toes long 
and robust, with the lateral ones nearly equal and both much united at their base 
to the middle toe by a prominent membrane; the hind toe long, even with the other 
toes and all strongly scaled above; the claws strong, compressed and slightly 
curved. — 1 Spec. 
melao Temminck. Wallace, Ibis 1860. 142. [Celebes. 
Megapodius rubripes Quoy et Gai^ard, Voy. Astrolabe 239. Tb. 25. juv. 
Megacephalon rubripes Gray, Genera Birds III. 489. Tb. 123. 
MEGACERYLE (Alcedinidae. — (J.sya<; grandis, XTjpuXoç nom. propr.) Kaup, Familie 
Eisvögel 1848. — Reichenbach, Handb. Ornith. I. 22. = Alcedo Lin. 
Grösster Kopf und stärkster Sehnabel unter den spechtartigen Eisvögeln. 
Der sehr dicke Lauf kaum von der Höhe der Unterkinnlade. 
alcyon Reichenbach, Handb. Ornith. I. 25. = Alcedo alcyon Lin. 
caesia Reichenbach, Handb. Ornith. I. 24. = Alcedo torquata Lin. 
domingensis Reichenbach, Handb. Ornith. I. 26. — Alcedo maxima Pall. 
gigantea Reichenbach, Handb. Ornith. I. 23. = Alcedo maxima Pall. 
guttata Cabanis, Mus/ Heine. II. 149. = Alcedo guttata Vig. 
lugubris Bonaparte, Consp. Vol. anis. 10. = Alcedo lugubris Tem. 
maxima Reichenbach, Handb. Ornith. I. 22. = Alcedo maxima Pall. 
stellata Reichenbach, Handb. Ornith. I. 24. — Alcedo stellata Meyen. 
torquata Reichenbach, Handb. Ornith. I. 24. ±= Alcedo torquata Lin. 
JHEGALAEMA (Bucconidae. — [L^olç grandis, AaifJioç gula). — Gray, Genera 
Birds 1846. II. 429. — Marshall, Monogr. Capitonidae 1870. 
Synon.: Megalaima Gray. — Barbatula Less. — Pogoniolus Lafresn. — Cyanops, 
Xantbolaema, Chotorea, Xylobucco, Gymnobucco Bonap. — Gymnocranus Heine. — Sta- 
ctolaema Marsh. — Buccanodon Verr. 
Bill more or less long, broad at the base, and compressed on the sides; the 
culmen generally arched to the tip, which is acute; the gonys long and advancing 
upwards and the lateral margins curved; the nostrils basal, lateral and rounded 
and the base of the upper mandible furnished with very long strong bristles. Wings 
moderate, with the fourth, fifth and sixth quills nearly equal and longest. Tail 
short and rounded on the sides. Tarsi shorter than the outer anterior toe and 
covered in front with broad scales. Toes long and the outer pair of equal length 
and longest; the claws moderate, compressed and acute. — 47 Specc. 
Anchietae Barboza du Bocage, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869. Tb. 29; 1870. Fig. 119. 
[Africa occid. 
Stactolaema Anchietae Marshall, Capitonidae. 
ar miliaris Gray, Genera Birds II. 429. — Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Buccon. 
22. [Java. 
Bucco armillaris Temminck, PI. color. Tb. 89. Fig. 1. 
asiatica Gray, Genera Birds II. 429. — Marshall, Capitonidae IV. — Schle- 
gel, Mus. Pays-Bas Buccon. 16. [India. 
Trogon asiaticus Latham, Hist. Birds III. Tb. 51. — Levaillant, Barbus 
57. Tb. 21. 22. 
Capito cyanicollis Vieillot, Galerie Oiseaux Tb. 35. 
Bucco cyanops Cuvier, Règne anim. I. 428. 
Bucco caeruleus Dumont, Diet. sc. nat. IV. 48. 
Bucco cyanicollis Temminck, Mus. lugdun. 
