M E G A L iE M A CHRYSOPOGON.
( T H E G O L D E N - B E A R D E D B A B B E T .)
Bucco chrysopogon
Megalaima chrysopogon
Chotorea chrgsopogon .
Meyaloema chrysopogon.
(1824) Temm. ; Pl. Col. pl. 285.
(1846) Gray; Gen. of B. I I . p. 429.
(1854) Bonap. ; Consp. Vol. Zyg. p. 12.
(1863) Sclater ; P. Z. S. p. 206.
M. sexibus similibus, viridis, gutturc cinerascenti-albo, fronte albescenti-brunnea.
I fab. in insula " Sumatra " dicta.
Sexes alike. Body green; lores and in front of the eyes scarlet; forehead and sinciput
shining whitish-grey, the feathers of the latter being tipped with scarlet; a broad stripe
above and below the eyes, and the ear-coverts, umber-brown; the feathers of the occiput
and nape brown, broadly tipped with scarlet, and laterally edged with cobalt-blue. The
upper plumage rich dark green, the feathers of the back, shoulders, and wing-coverts being
edged with lighter green; the quills brown, the inner webs pale yellowish, white at the
base, the exterior web of the primaries edged with green, the secondaries more broadly
edged, especially the innermost, which are almost entirely green. The chin, throat, and
upper breast brownish grey with a shining yellow tinge, the feathers of the upper breast
being broadly tipped with light marine blue, forming a gorget; a broad mustachial stripe
golden yellow; under surface light grass-green; tail underneath greenish blue ; irides brown ;
legs and feet dull olive-green; bill black, rictal bristles long and numerous. Wing 4"-6,
tail 3", total length l l " - 2 5.
Hab. Sumatra (mm. nostr.); Sonda Island (Temminck); Malacca (Cantor).
The Golden-bearded Barbet is one of the largest species of the subgroup to which it
Additional references.—Bucco chrysopogon: Cuvicr (1829), Regn. An. p. 457; Hartlaub (1S41), Itcv. Zool.
p. 337; Blyth (1846), J. A. S. Beng. p. 13. Mcgalaima chrysopogon: Moore (1859), P. Z. S. p. 454; Goffin (1863),
Cat. Mus. Pays Bas, Buccones, p. 14; G. It. Gray (1868), Cat. Brit. Mus. Capitonida;, p. 6. Chotorca chrysopogon:
Horsf. & Moore (1856), Cat. Mus. E. I. C. II. p. 640.