MEGALiEMA MYSTACOPHANUS. 
(THE GAUDY BAEBET.) 
Bueco mystacopTianus . 
„ quadricolor 
CTiotorea mystacopTianus 
Megalaima mystacopTianus 
„ quadricolor 
Megalcema mystacopTianus 
„ quadricolor 
TaTcoor capata cuning . 
ToTcon toTcon lcechel 
(1824) Temro. ; PI. Col. 315. 
(1839) Eyton; P. Z. S. p. 105. 
(1856) Horsf. & Moore ; Cat. of B. II. p. 641. 
(1842) G. E. Gray ; Gen. of B. II. p. 429. 
(1842) G. E. Gray; Gen. of B. II. p. 429. 
(1854) Bonap. ; Consp. Volucr. Zyg. p. 12. 
(1854) Bonap. ; Consp. Yolucr. Zyg. p. 12. 
Malays {Cantor). 
Borneo {Motley). 
M. sexibus similibus : viridis : gutture eoccineo, fronte aurantiaca. 
Hab. in subregione Indo-Malayana. 
Sexes alike ; green ; lores scarlet, forehead and sinciput rich golden ; top of the head 
and centre of occiput rich scarlet; a black superciliary eye-streak, wider behind the eye; 
upper plumage dark green, the feathers of the nape and upper back edged with lighter 
green ; quills brown, inner webs pale yellowish at the base, and edged with green on the 
exterior, especially on the secondaries, the innermost of which are almost entirely green; 
chin, throat, and a large spot on each side of the upper breast scarlet ; a yellow moustachiai 
streak shading into green ; a spot under each eye, and a broad band below the scarlet ot 
the throat cobalt-blue ; under surface grass-green ; tail underneath greenish blue ; rictal 
bristles strongly developed ; bill black ; feet dusky. Length about 8 0, wing 3 7, 
tail 2". 6. 
Hab. Penang, Malacca ( Cantor) ; Sumatra (Lesson ) ; Borneo (Wallace). 
Additional references. — Bucco mystacopTianus-. Lesson (1839), Eev. Zool. p. 137; Cuvier (1829), Eegn. An. 
p.457; Hartlaub (1841), Eev. Zool. p.337. Bucco quadricolor-. Hartlaub (1841), Eev. Zool. p.337; Blytb 
(1846), Journ. As. Soc. p. 14. Megalaima mystacophanos : Moore (1859), Proc. Zool. Soc. p. 454; Goffin (1863), 
Cat. Mm. Pays-Bas, Bucc. p. 18 ; G. E. Gray (1868), Cat. Brit. Mus. Capit. p. 7. Megalcema mystacophanes : Sclater 
(1863), Proe. Zool. Soc. p. 210. 
