and M. franklinii, it is confined to the hilly districts, and in them to the more wooded
parts. Its voice is loud and sonorous. Nothing has as yet been recorded of its breedinghabits
so far as we know.
I n coloration there is no sufficiently nearly allied species to cause any difficulty in
its identification. The scalloped appearance of the breast and the light centres to the
feathers of the nape give it some slight resemblance to the green group of the genus
Megalcema, while the brilliant colouring of the head and face clearly separates it from them.
The plate is drawn from a specimen in Lord Walden's collection, which was kindly
lent to us for the pnrpose of our work, and represents an adult male in full plumage,
obtained in Ceylon by Mr. S. Chapman.
