MEGA L M M A HODGSON T. 
(HODGSON’S LINE ATE D BARBET). 
Bucco caniceps 
Megalama caniceps 
Bucco lineatus 
Megalama lineata 
Mcgalasma tlodgsoni 
Megalama M‘ Clellandi 
(1844) Hodgs. in Gray’s Zool. Mise. p. 85 ( nec Frank 1.). 
(1846) Gray, Cat. Capit. Brit. Mus. p. 114 (nec Frankl .). 
(1846) Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Bong. XV, p. 12. 
(1849) Blyth, Cat. Birds Mus. As. Soc. Beng. p. 66. 
(1850) Bonap. Consp. Gen. Ay. I, p. 144. 
(1856) Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. I. Co. II, p. 637. 
'Native Names. 
Paharia Korul, Bengal (Jerdon). 
Dang Kaniong plio, Lepcha (Jerdon). 
Kudurta and Khotoor, Nepal (Hodgson). 
Plio goung, Arracan (Phayre). 
Po Koung, Burmese (TiclcelT). 
M. major: viridis : capite brunneo, albescente variegato : gutture albescente: nucha tota et pectore 
pallide brunneis, striis latis albis notatis. 
Hab. in regione Himalayana. 
Head and back of neck white tinged with green on the latter, the feathers margined 
with light brown ; lower part of the back light yellowish green ; scapulars dark green 
washed with brighter green ; wing-coverts greenish, the least ones with a tinge of blue, 
the others washed with bright grass green ; quills brown, light yellow at the base of the 
inner web, the outer web, especially of the secondaries, bright grass green ; tail bright 
green above, blueish green below ; feathers round the eye and ear-coverts hoary ; throat 
white ; the shafts of the feathers very distinct ; breast white margined with pale brown, 
Additional references. — Megalama Hodgsoni, Goff, in Schl. Mus, Pays Bas, Buccones, p. 34 (1862) 
Gray, Cat. Capit. Brit. Mus. p. 12 (18G8). Bucco lineatus, Blyth, Ann. Nat. Hist. XX, p. 321 (1847). 
Megalama lineata, Bonap. Consp. Vol. Zygod. p. 12 (1854), Horsf. & Moore, Cat. Birds Mus. E. I. Co. II, 
p. 636 (1856), Jerdon, Birds of Ind. I, p. 309 (1862). Megalcema McClcllandi, Goff, in Schl. Mus. Pays 
Bas, Buccones, p. 36, foot-note (1862) Gray, Cat. Capit- Brit. Mus. p. 12 (1868). 
