M E G A L i E M A V E R S I C O L O R.
(THE BEAUTIFUL BARBET.)
Hueco versicolor .
Megalaima versicolor
Megalcema versicolor
Chotorca versicolor
Buceo rafflesii
Megalaima versicolor
Megalaima versicolor
Megalaima versicolor
Buceo versicolor .
Jlarbu ligar re
Takoo, nativos of Sumatra
Takoor, natives of Malacca
Panggil Panggil, natives of Labuan
(1822) Raffles, Linn. Trans, xiii., p. 284.
(1846) G. E . Gray, Gen. of Birds, ii., p. 429.
(1850) Bonaparte, Consp. Avium, p. 12.
(1856) Horsf. & Moore, Cat. ii., p. 610.
(1839) Lesson, Rev. Zool., p. 137.
(1856) Motl. & DiÜV. Nat. Hist. Labuan i., p. 28
(1863) Goffin, Schleg., Mus. Pays-bas, Buccones, p. 15.
(1868) G. R. Gr. Cat. Brit. Mus. Capitonidrc, p. 6.
(1846) Blyth, J. A. Soc. Bengal, xv., p. 13.
(1838) Temm, Reeueil des Ois, PI. 309.
. (Raffles).
. (Eyton).
. (Motley).
M. BuniliboB, viridis, capito vorsicolore; fronte, pileo toto nuch&que hcte coccinneis, loribus et
regione parotic! nigris.
Hab. In regione Malay-ana.
Description. Sexes alike; body green; head ornamented with bright colours, head,
nape, a spot below the eye and one on each side of the lower part of the throat rich r e d;
cheek orange, with a blue spot at the base of the lower mandible; a broad streak over the
eye purplish blue, the throat and upper breast cobalt, basal half of the feathers black;
quills brown; the inner web pale yellowish at t h e base; the exterior edge of the primaries
edged with green, the secondaries more broadly edged, especially the innermost, which are
almost entirely green. Tail underneath blueish green; bill and feet black, rictal bristles
very strongly developed.
Hab. Sumatra (Wallace), Banjermassing (Motley), Borneo (Schwaner), Siam (Temminck),
Malacca, Penang (Cantor), Bangka (Schhgel), Java (British Museum).
This gaudily plumaged bird is common enough in museums and collections, but we