M E G A L M A ZE YLANICA.
( T H E BROWN-HEADED CEYLON BARBET.)
Bucoo zeylaniexm (1788) Gmelin; S.N., I. p. 408.
Le kottorea (1806) Le Vaill.; Barbus pi. 38.
Capita zeilaniem (1816) VieilL ; N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. IV. p. 499.
Le calezon kottorea (1816) Do. Do. Do
Megalaima caniccp* (1840) G. R. Gray ; Gen. of Birds I I . p. 429.
Jiucco kottorea (1841) Hartlaub; Rev. Zool. p. 337.
viridis (1850) Bonaparte; Consp. Av. I . p. 144.
MelaJaima zeylaniea (1851) Blyth; J. A. S. Beng. XX. p. 181.
Megalama zeylaniea (1867) Blyth ; Ibis, p. 297.
NATIVE NAMES.
Kotoorooal, Ceylon ^Layard).
Kotoor, Male vI>nyard.)
M. minor; sexibus simibbus; viridis; gutture brunneo; poctore brunneo, pallide striato; capite
nuehaque la;te bruuneis.
Hub. hi insula "Ceylon" dicta.
Sexes alike. Body green ; the head and neck dark earthy brown ; the feathers of the
neck longitudinally streaked towards the tip with pale yellowish; the upper back and wingcoverts
dark green with an ochreous tinge, the former narrowly centred and the latter finelytipped
with yellowish white; the quills brown, the edge of the inner web and exterior edge
of the primaries cream colour ; the rest of the upper plumage rich green. Entire throat
and breast dark brown, shading into a light blue green on the abdomen; the feathers of the
Additional references.—Bucco zeilanicus: Cuvier, Regn. An. p. 457 (1829) ; Latham, Ind. Orn. I I I . p. 229
(1790); Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. XV. pp. 13—282 (1846); Hartlaub, Rev. Zool. p. 337 (1841). Megalaima caniceps:
Blyth, Cat. Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 66, No. 318 in pt. (1849); Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. XX. p. 181 in pt. (1851).
Megalaima zeylaniea: Horsf. & Moore, Cat. Mus. E. I . C. I I . p. 608 (1856); Goffin, Cat. Mus. Pays Bas
Buccones, p. 34 (1863); Layard, Ann. Nat. Hist. X I I I . p. 446 ^ 8 5 3 ) ; Jerdon, Birds of India, I. p. 311
(1862); G. R. Gray, Cat. Brit. Mus. Capitonida>, p. 13 (1868). Megalama zeylaniea: Blyth, Ibis, p. 311 (1867).