MEGALvEMA ARMILLARIS. 
(THE O R A N G E-B ANDED BARBET.) 
Bucco armillaris ....... (1824) Temm. ; PL Col. pi. 89. fig. 1. 
m (1829) Cuvier; Eegn. An. p. 457. 
(1841) Hartlaub; Eev. Zool. p. 337. 
(1846) Blytb; J. A. S. p. 14. 
Megalaima armillaris ...... (1846) Gray ; Gen. of B. II. p. 42J. 
(1863) Goffin ; Mus. Pays-Bas, Bucc. p. 22. 
(1868) G. E. Gray; Cat. Brit. Mus. Capit. p. 7. 
M. sexibus similibus : viridis : gutture viridi : occipite cseruleo, vitta pectorali aurantiaea. 
Hab. in insula “ J ava ” dicta. 
Sexes alike ; body green ; lores black ; forehead, sinciput, sides of the occiput, and a 
distinctly marked gorget coming up the sides of the neck rich golden-orange ; the centre of 
the occiput and nape bright marine-blue; quills brown, inner webs pale yellowish at the 
base, exterior webs edged with green, more broadly on the secondaries, the innermost 
of which are almost entirely green ; tail underneath greenish blue ; bill black, the rictal 
bristles strongly developed; irides brown; legs and feet olive-brown. Wing 3 ,- 5, tail 2" - 3. 
Hab. W. Java (Wallace). 
According to Temminck, on the authority of S. Muller, the Orange-banded Barbet is 
exceedingly common in Java, in the depth of the mountain-forests, about 5000 feet above 
the sea-level. Mr. A. R. Wallace mentions that it is confined to the western portion of 
the island. 
The following account of its habits is taken from the MS. of Bocarme : 
“ A fig-tree, covered with the small round yellow figs, is a great attraction to this 
species of Barbet ; and a collector by taking up a concealed position near one of these trees 
may kill as many as he wishes. They are principally found in the thick woods between 
