MEGALiEMA AUSTRALIS. 
(THE BLACK-BANDED JAVAN BARBET.) 
Bucco australis 
(1820) 
,, cganocephalus 
(1820) 
,, gularis 
(1829) 
u n 
(1823) 
,, australis 
(1822) 
,, gularis 
(1841) 
Megalaima australis 
(1846) 
Bucco australis 
(1847) 
Megalaima australis 
(1854) 
X.antholcema ,, 
(1856) 
Megalaima ,, 
(1860) 
>» i> • 
(1863) 
a a 
(1868) 
The Austral Barbet 
Horsf. Trans. Lmn. boc. XI 11. p. 
Beinwardt, Bataviascbe Courant. 
Cuv. Begn. Anim. p. 457. 
Temm. PI. Col. pi. 89, fig. 2. 
Lath. Hist, of B. III. p. 230. 
Hartl. Bey. Zool. p. 337. 
G. B. Gray, Gen. of B. II p. 429. 
Blyth, J. A. S. XYI. p. 466. 
Bonap. Consp. Av. p. 143. 
Horsf. and Moore, Cat. of B. p. 648. 
Gray, P. Z. S. p. 358. 
Goffin, Mus. Pays Bas, Bucc. p. 29. 
G. B. Gr. Cat. of B. Brit. Museum, Capit. p 1 1 
. . . Latham. 
Native Name. 
Trung-Tung . Java . ( BTorsfield ). 
M. sexibus similibus : viridis : gutture cseruleo : fronts eseruleo : genis sulphureis. 
Hab. in insulis “Java et Banda’’ dictis. 
Adult. Sexes alike; body green; lores, forehead, top of the head and throat dull blue; 
an oval spot below the eye bright sulphur-yellow ; upper plumage dark green ; quills brown, 
pale yellowish at the base of the inner webs ; a spot at the base of the lower mandible and 
a broad gorget deep black, the latter edged with golden yellow; under surface light green ; 
tail underneath greenish blue ; rictal bristles extending beyond the tip of the bill, which 
is black ; the iris brown ; legs and feet olive brown ; length about 6", wing about 3", tail 
1‘8 : the measurements being taken from dry skins. 
Juv. The young bird is uniform green, and does not assume the full plumage until 
after the second moult. The base of the lower mandible is pale yellowish. 
