XANTHO L/£ M A ROSEA
XANTHOLiEMA ROSEA.
( T H E E O S E - N E C K E D B A R B E T .)
Buceo roseus . . . . . •
Le Barbu rose-gorge . . . . . .
Cnpito rosaceicollis . . . . . . .
Le cabezón rose-gorge . . . . . .
Buceo barbiculus . . . . . . .
„ roseicollis
Megalaima rosea . . . . . . .
Megalatma (Xantholoema) rosea . . . .
XantJiolcema rosea .
X. sexibus similibus : fronte coccínea : subtus striata :
(1806) Dum.; Dict. Sci. Nat. IV. p. 52.
(1806) Lo Vaill.; Barbus, pl. 33.
(1816) Vieül.; N. Dict. d'Hist. Nat. IV. p. 500.
(1816) Vieül.; N. Dict. d'Hist. Nat. IV. p. 500.
(1817) Cuv.; Eèg. An. I. p. 428.
(1829) Vigors ; Mem. Raffl. p. 667.
(1846) G. R. Gray; Gen. of B. II. p. 429.
(1854) Bonap.; Consp. Vol. Zyg. p. 12.
(1856) Horsf. & Moore, Cat. of B. II. p. 647.
gutture coccineo.
Hob. in insula " Java " dicta.
Sexes alike; green; forehead, top of the head, a broad stripe below the eye, throat,
and upper breast scarlet; upper plumage dark green, the occiput and nape washed with
cindery b l u e ; quills brown, exterior web edged with green, and interior web yellowish
white at base; lores, a band across the head, cheeks, ear-coverts, and sides of the neck
black; underparts yellowish white, irregularly striped with dark green; bill black; irides
brown; orbital skin r e d ; legs and feet coral-red. Whig 3", tail 1"*3.
Hab. Java (mus. )iostr.).
The Rose-necked Barbet is (like other species found in Java) peculiar to that island,
and is the sole representative of the genus Xantholcema there. It differs from all, except
X. hcemacejjhala, by its striped breast, and from that species by its red throat.
The following note is from Bocarme's MSS. preserved at Leyden:—
" Common all over the island of Java, where its monotonous note, resembling 1 hunkook.
Additional references.—Bucco roseus: Cuvicr (1829), Regn. An. p. 457; Hartlaub (1841), Rev. Zool. p. 337.
Megalaima rosea: Goffin (1863), Cat. Mus. Pays-Bas, Bucc. p. 2 7 ; G. R. Gray (1868), Cat. Brit. Mus. Capit. p. 9.