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M E G A L T E M A P H 2 E 0 S T K I A T A.
( T H E C O C H I N C H I N A G R E E N B A R B E T .)
Bucco faiostrictus (1831) Temm. PI. Col. No. 527.
„ „ (1831) Temm. PL Col. text.
Bucco faiostriatus (1841) Ilartl. Eev. Zool. p. 337.
Megalaima faiostriata (1846) G. E . Gr. Gen. of Birds, II, p. 429.
Megalaima pliaiosticta . . . . . (1851) Bp. Consp. Av. p. 144.
„ „ (1863) Goffin, Mus. Pays. Bas. Buce. p. 36.
Bucco faiostriatus (1866) Walden, P.Z S., p. 540.
Megalaima phaiosticta (1868) G. E . Gr. Cat. Brit. Mus. Capit. p. 13.
M. sexibus similibus : viridis : eapite toto brunneo : gutture albeseenti, brunneo striate.
Ilab. in regione Indo-Malayanâ.
Body green ; head and neck dark nmber brown, each feather laterally edged with
brownish white, more broadly so on the head. A superciliary eye streak, ear-coverts and
cheeks, bright yellowish green ; upper plumage dark green; the quills brown, inner webs
at the base, and exterior edge of the primaries, pale yellowish white. The chin, throat,
and upper breast, pale brownish white, each feather centred with brown ; on the breast
there are some irregular yellow markings ; the rest of the under surface is pale green,
darker on the flanks, each feather being narrowly centred with brown ; tail underneath
greenish blue. Beak dark horn colour, pale yellow at the base of t h e lower mandible,
rictal bristles black, and strongly developed ; orbital region blackish, legs and feet dark
plumbeous. Wing 4-2, tail 2*5, tarsus '85.
Ilab. Cochin China (Diard).
The only known specimen of this rare Barbet belongs to the Leiden Museum, but
thanks to Professor Schlegel, from whom we obtained the loan of it, we are able to give
a description and plate from the type itself. It belongs to what we have called for the