
MEGAL2EMA L I N E ATA.
( L I N E A T E D BARBET.)
Capito lineata
Buceo leucorhynehis
Buceo fuscicapillus
Buceo lineatus
Megalama viridis.
Megalama lineata
Megalama hodgsoni
Krouirouk, oí tho Javanese (Bocarmé)
(1816) VieiU. N.D. IV, p. 500.
(1820) Reinw. Batav. Courant.
(1822) Drap. Diet. Class, d'Hist. Nat. ii., p. 195.
(1849) Blyth, Cat. Mus. A.S. Beng., pi. 66 (partim).
(1863) Goffin in Sclil. Mus. Pays Bas, Buccones, p. 32
(1868) Gray, Cat. Capit. Brit. Mus., p. 12.
(1866) Walden, P.Z.S., p. 540.
M. viridis: gutturo albescente : fronte brunneo : capite, nucha et pectoro bruuneis, albescenti striolatis.
Hab. In subregione Indo-Malayanà.
General plumage brigbt grass-green; head, nape and sides of the neck earthy-brown,
each feather having a d i r ty white central streak, less defined on the top of the head, and
almost indistinguishable on t h e forehead; the feathers of the upper back green, similarly
streaked with white ; quills brown, t h e exterior edge of the primaries green at the base,
the secondaries more broadly edged with green, especially the innermost, which are almost
entirely green; chin dirty white ; throat, breast, and upper part of the abdomen of the
same colour, each feather broadly margined with earthy-brown, with a slight greenish
tinge ; lower part of t h e belly, vent and lower tail-coverts pale green with a blueish tinge ;
the whole of the green parts of the plumage irregularly marked with faint blue spots more
or less conspicuous in different specimens ; bill fleshy white, yellowish at the base; legs
and feet dirty yellow; irides reddish brown, naked orbital skin citron yellow. Length 10
inches ; -wing 4'5 ; tail 3*25 ; tarsus 1'0.
Hab. Countries bordering the Bay of Bengal, south of Assam, down to Malacca and
.Java. Pegu, Tenasserim (Blyth), Kyodan, Tenasserim ( Walden), Java (Schlegel).