X A N T H O L A L M A R U B R I C A P I L LA
X A N T H 0 L J 1 M A R U B R I C A P I L L A.
(THE ROSE-CROWNED CEYLON BARBET.)
Buceo rubricapillus . . . . . .
Le Barbct a joue jaune . . . . .
Buceo rubricapillus . . . . . .
,, Lathami . . . . . . .
Le barba varbichon . . . . . .
Le cabezón á courrone rouge . . . .
Capito rubricapillus . . . . . .
Le cabezón á masque rouge . . . . .
Capito Lathami . . . . . . .
Megalaima rubricapilla . . . . .
,, Lathami . . . . . .
Megalama rubricapilla . . . . .
Xantholama ,,
X. sexibus similibus : viridia: gutture aurantiaeo :
(1776) Brown, 111. XIV.
(1776) „ „ XV.
(1788) Gmehn, S. N . Vol. I . p. 408.
(1788) „ „ „
(1806) Le Vaill. Barbus, p. 56.
(1816) Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. p. 497.
(1816)
(1816) „ „ „ p. 499.
(1816)
(1846) G. E. G. & Gen. of B. p. 429.
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(1849) Blyth, Cat. of B. Mus. A. S. p. 68.
(1856) Horsf. & Moore, Cat. of B. I I . p. 646.
(1867) Blyth, Ibis, p. 297.
nuchas lateribus virideseenti cyaneis.
Hab. in insula "•Ceylon" dicta.
Sexes alike ; body green, forehead and sinciput scarlet; a band across the top of the
head black ; occiput and nape green washed with verditer ; the rest of the upper plumage
dark green edged with paler green ; quills brown, pale yellowish at base of inner webs,
exterior web edged with green ; lores, a supercilliary eye-streak, cheeks, ear-coverts, and
throat rich golden yellow, the ear-coverts being tipped with black, forming a continuation
of the band across the head ; moustachial streak and sides of the neck verditer ; a Large
spot on the upper breast scarlet edged with yellow ; breast light yellowish green shading
Additional references.—Bucco rubricapillus: Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 205 (1790); Cuv. Eegn. Anim. p 457
(1829); Hartl. Eev. Zool. p. 337 (1841); Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. pp. 386—464 (1847). Bucco Lathami:
Lath. Ind. Orn. I. p. 205 (1790); Cuv. Eegn. Anim. I . p. 457 (1829). Megalama rubricapilla: Bonap. Cunsp.
Av. p. 144 (1850). Megalaima rubricapilla: Bonap. Consp. Vol. Zyg. p. 12 (1854); Layard, Ann. Nut. Hist.
1. 448 (1854); Tenu. Ceylon, I. p. 178 (1860); Golf. Mus. Pays Bas, Buccones, p. 26 (1863).