CAPITONINiE. 
5. L. Vieillotii (Leach), Zool. Misc. pi. 97-, Le Vaill. Barb. 
Suppl. t. D. — Bucco rubieon et B. fuscescens Vieill. ; Pogonias 
senegalensis Licht. 
6. L. leucomelas (Bodd.) PI. enl. 688. f. 1. — Bucco niger Gmel. ; 
Pogonius Stephensii Leach, Zool. Misc. pi. 1 1 6. ; Bucco rufifrons 
Steph. Vaill. Barb. t. 29, 30, 31. ; Trogon luzonensis Scop. Sonn. 
Voy. t. 34., Gal. des Ois. t. 33. 
7. L. hirsutus (Swains.) Zool. Illustr. pi. 72. 
8. L. bifrenatus (Ehrenb.) Symb. Pbys. t. 8. f. 2. — Pogonias 
melanocephala Riipp. Atlas, t. 28. f. A. 
9. L. unidentatus (Licht.) Verz. siidafric. Tbiere, p. 17- 
10. L. undatus Rupp. Faun. Abyss, t. 20. f. 2. 
Megalaima.* 
Bill more or less long, broad at the base, and compressed on the sides ; the oilmen generally arched 
to the tip, which is acute ; the gonys long, and advancing upwards, and the lateral margins curved ; 
the nostrils basal, lateral, and rounded, and the base of the upper mandible furnished with very long 
strong bristles. Wings moderate, with the fourth, fifth, and sixth quills nearly equal and longest. Tail 
short, and rounded on the sides. Tarsi shorter than the outer anterior toe, and covered in front with 
broad scales. Toes long, and the outer pair of equal length and longest ; the claws moderate, 
compressed, and acute. 
These birds are extremely abundant in most parts of the continent of India and its archipelago ; a few species, 
however, are peculiar to Africa. They prefer the open spaces in the jungles, or wherever a few trees are to be found 
for them to perch upon, and being far from shy they frequently approach gardens and groves. Their food consists of 
various fruits and insects, which they search for while hopping among the branches. When roosting singly on the 
uppermost branch of a tree, they usually utter a monotonous note, that lasts for ten minutes or more at a time, then 
ceasing for a while, and again commencing the same inharmonious sound ; the note is very peculiar, striking the car 
something like a distant hammering of metal. They have been observed climbing round, and pecking holes in a 
horizontal rotten branch, precisely in the manner of the woodpecker, though they do not apply their tail for support 
while thus occupied ; in the interior of the hole is built the nest. 
1. M. virens (Bodd.) PI. enl. 871* — Bucco grandis Gmel. Le 
Vaill. Barb. t. 20., Gould, Cent, of Birds, pi. 
2. M. chrysopogon (Temm.) PI. col. 285. 
3. M. versicolor (Raffl.) Linn. Trans., PI. col. 309. B. Raf- 
flesii Less. Rev. Zool. 1839. 137. 
4. M. mystacophan.es (Temm.) PI. col. 315. 
5. M. quadricolor (Eyton), Proc. Z. S. 1839. p. 105. 
6. M. Oorti (Mull.) Tidskr. Naturl. Geschied. t. 4. f. 4. — Bucco 
Henrici Temm. PI. col. 524. 
7. M. australis (Horsf.) Linn. Trans, xiii. p.l 81.— Bucco gularis 
Temm. PI. col. 89. f. 2. 
8. M.javanensis (Horsf.) Linn. Trans, xiii. p. 181., Le Vaill. 
Barb. Suppl. t. C. — Bucco Kotorea Temm. PI. col. 
9. M. asiatica (Lath.) Lath. Hist. pi. — Capita cyanocollis 
Vieill. Gal. des Ois.t. 35. ; Bucco cyanops Cuv. ; B. cseruleus Bum. 
Le Vaill. Barb. t. 21, 22. 
10. M .flavifrons (Cuv.) Le Vaill. Barb. t. 55. — Bucco aurifrons 
Temm. 
11. M. armillaris (Temm.) PI. col. 89. f. 1. 
12. M. trimaculata (Gray), Zool. Misc. p. 3. pi. 3. — Bucco 
frontalis Temm. PI. col. 536. f. 1. ; B. Duvaucelii Less. 
13. M. rosea (Cuv.) Le Vaill. Barb. t. 33. & 56. ? — Ca " 
pita rosaceicollis Vieill. ; Bucco barbiculus Cuv. ; B. roseicoll> s 
Vigors. 
14. M. philippensis (Briss.) PI. enl. 331. — Bucco flavigul® 
Bodd. ; B. indicus Lath. ; B. parvus Gmel. 
15. M. lutea (Less.) Tr. d’Orn. p. 1S3. 
16. M. rubricapilla (Gmel.) Brown’s 111. pi. 14. 
17. M. I.athami (Gmel.) Lath. Syn. ii.pl. 22. 
18. M. maculata (Gmel.) Brown’s Ill.pl. 13. 
19. M. corvina (Temm.) PI. col. 522. 
20. M. faiostriata Temm. PI. col. 527. ? 
21. M. viridis (Bodd.) PI. enl. 870. — Bucco zeylonicus Gmel. ■ 
Brown’s 111. pi. 15.?; B. lineatus Tick. 
22. M. caniceps (Frankl.) Proc. Z. S. 1831. p. 121., Be Vail • 
Barb. t. 38. 
23. M. malaccensis (Hartl.) Rev. Zool. 1842. p. 337. 
24. M. calm (Lafr.) Rev. Zool. 1841. p. 241. 
* The birds that compose this division have been considered as forming the genus Bucco of Linnieus, but that name has since b ^ 
more properly applied to a series of South American birds. The above appellation has therefore been given to this series o 
includes Barbatula of M. Lesson (1837), with which Pogoniolus of Baron Lafresnaye is synonymous. 
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