XANTHOLiEMA RUBRICAPILLA. 
(THE ROSE-CROWNED CEYLON BARBET.) 
Bucco rubricapillus 
le Barbet a joue jaune 
Bucco rubricapillus 
„ Lathami ... 
Le barbu varbivhon 
Le cabezon a courrone rouge , 
Capito rubricapillus 
Le cabezon a masque rouge . 
Capito Lathami . 
Megalaima rubricapilla 
, , Lathami 
Megalama rubricapilla 
Xantholaana ,, 
>t a 
(1776) Brown, 111. XIY. 
(1776) „ „ XV. 
(1788) Grnelin, S. N. Vol. I. p. 408. 
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(1806) Le Vaill. Barbus, p. 56. 
(1816) Vieill. X. Diet. d’Hist. Xat. p. 497. 
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(1816) „ „ „ p. 499. 
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(1846) G. B. G. & Gen. of B. p. 429. 
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(1849) Blyth, Cat. of B. Mus. A. 8. p. 68. 
(1856) llorsf. & Moore, Cat. of B. II. p. 646, 
(1867) Blyth, Ibis, p. 297. 
X. sexibus sirailibus : viridis : gutture aurantiaco : nuehse lateribus virideseenti cyaneis. 
Hah. in insula “ Ceylon” dicta. 
Sexes alike ; body green, forehead and sinciput scarlet ; a band across the top of the 
head black ; occiput and nape green washed with verditer ; the rest of the upper plumage 
dark green edged with paler green ; quills brown, pale yellowish at base of inner webs, 
exterior web edged with green ; lores, a supercilliary eye-streak, cheeks, ear-coverts, and 
throat rich golden yellow, the ear-coverts being tipped with black, forming a continuation 
of the band across the head ; moustachial streak and sides of the neck verditer ; a large 
spot on the upper breast scarlet edged with yellow ; breast light yellowish green shading 
Additional references. — Bucco rubricapillus: Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 205 (1790); Cuv. Eegn. Anim. p 457 
(1829); Hartl. Lev. Zool. p. 337 (1841) ; Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. pp. 386 — 464 (1847). Bucco Lathami: 
Lath. Ind. Orn. I. p. 205 (1790) ; Cuv. Eegn. Anim. I. p. 457 (1829). Megalama rubricapilla: Bonap. Consp. 
Ay. p. 144 (1850). Megalaima rubricapilla : Bonap. Consp. Vol. Zyg. p. 12 (1854); Layard, Ann. Nat. Hist, 
j . 448 (1854) ; Tenn. Ceylon, I. p. 178 (1860) ; Golf. Mus. Pays Bas, Buceones, p. 26 (1863). 
