MEG/ALiEMA VIRENS.
( T H E GREAT BARBET).
Le grande IJarbu de la Chine
Buceo virens
„ grandis
Capito grandis
Megalaima virens
„ grandis
liucco grandis
Megalaima virens
llaceo grandis
Megalaima grandis
(1783) Buffon, PL Enl. 871, vol. 7, p. 431.
(1783) Boddaert, Table des PI. Enl. d'Aub. 871.
(1788) Gm., Syst. Nat. I, p. 408.
(181C) VieiU, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. IV, p. 499.
(1841) G. E . Gray, Genera of birds, p. 429.
(1842) do., do., Appendix p. 12.
(1850) Bonaparte, Conspectus Avium, p. 113.
(1856) Horsf. & Moore, Catalogue, E. I. Museum, p. 635.
(1862) Jordon, Birds of India, No. 308.
(1833) Temminck, PL Col. 871.
(1806) Le Vaillant, Barbus, PI. 20.
(1832) Gould, Century of birds pi. 46.
(1863) Coffin, Mus. Pays-bas, Buccones, p. 12
(1868) G. E . Gray, Cat. Brit. Mus. Capit. p. 5.
NATIVE NAMIS.
Kaniong-pho of the Lepehas.
Xyahtl or Ncoul of the Kumalis and Nipalcse.
LATIN DESCBIITIOX.
M. maxima : capite toto nuch&quc saturate violaceis: dorso olivaseonti-brunnoo.
Hah. in regione Himalayana.
Sexes alike ; entire bead, nape and neck deep violet blue; back, shoulders and upper
wing-coverts olive brown, the feathers of the upper back being centred longitudinally with
pale yellowish green, forming an irregular demi-collaret, more or less defined in different
specimens, and separating the violet from the brown of the back ; quill-feathers brown on
t h e inner web, margined with pale yellow, the outer web bright green changing into brown
towards the t i p of the primaries ; rump and upper tail-coverts bright green, tail rather
darker green, the inner webs of the outer tail feathers edged with brown : breast brown,
sides of the breast and abdomen pale yellowish green with large brown blotches ; centre of
the abdomen, from breast to vent bluish green, vent mixed green and yellow, lower tailcoverts
crimson.
Bill yellow, deep yellow at base, pale greenish yellow in t h e middle and at the tip of