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f. Gutture aurantiaco. 
a". Fronte coecinea 
b". Fronte nigra 
c". Fronte viridescenti-sulphurea. 
a 1 ". Occipite cseruleo 
b'". Occipite coccineo 
</'. Gutture viridi ; occipite cseruleo 
h! . Gutture cyaneo. 
a". Fronte rubra 
b". Fronte flava. 
a" 1 . Occipite viridi 
b'". Occipite cseruleo 
c". Fronte cserulea 
d". Fronte nigra. 
a"'. Begione parotica coccinea 
b'". Regione parotica cyanea 
i 1 . Crisso rubro 
c. M irides, capite brunneo vel albo striato. 
a'. Gutture albescente. 
a". Capite nuchaque lsete brunneis 
b" . Capite nuchaque striatis. 
a' . Major, pectore pallide brunneo striato 
b" 1 . Minor, pectore lsete brunneo striato . . . . ' . 
D ■ Gutture brunneo. 
a". Pectore ventreque brunneis 
b . Pectore brunneo, albo striato ; ventre viridi. 
a "' Ma j°r, capite albescenti-brunneo 
b'". Minor, capite lsete brunneo 
d. Gutture striato ; superciliari viridi . 
M. franklinii. 
M. faber. 
M. nuchalis. 
M. oorti. 
M. armillaris. 
M. asiatica. 
M. flavifrons. 
M. henricii. 
M. australis. 
M. duvaucelii. 
M. cyanotis. 
M. legrandieri. 
M. viridis. 
M. hodgsoni. 
M. lineata. 
M. inornata. 
M. caniceps. 
M. zeylanica. 
M. phceostriata. 
A Genus Xanthorema. 
Characteristics^ Bill shorter than head, stout, and blunt at tip; rictal bristles extend™ 
eyond the tip oi the bill. All four species hare the forehead red. The general colour of 
the plumage, which is soft and loose, is green. Wings moderate in length. Tail short 
named'genus^ “ “ ^ ^ md nidifici * ti ° 1 ‘ ‘W resemble the abovei 
The Xantholmnaz are spread over Continental India, Ceylon, Sumatra, Java Cochin 
ma, and the Philippines— one species, X hwmacephala, having a larger rarme than 
any ot ier member of the Capitonidce, if the opinion we have formed be right nam 1 
that the Philippine bird is identical with Latham’s Bucco indicus. ’ 7 ’ 
Prince Bonaparte was the first to separate this genus from that of Meaalcema-to which 
i is c osely allied, so much so that we were at first doubtful whether we should adh 
hxs separation. As, however, it is a well-marked little group, the fol spects of h ^ 
bear a strong family likeness to each other, and may 8 * Lingu^c^ “ 
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