MEG-AL2EMA H E N E I O IL
(HENRICrS BARBET.)
Hueco henriet
Jiucco henrieii
Buceo malaccensis
Megalaima oorti
Megalaima malaccensis
Megahema quadricolor
Megalaima malaccensis
Cyanops henriet .
Megalaima armillaris
Buceo rufitorques .
Megalaima henriet
Megalaima henriet
(1832) Boio, Briefo Gesch. aus Ost, p. 15.
(1833) Temminck, PL Col. 524.
(1842) Hartl. Eev. de Zool., p. 337.
(1842) G. E . Gray, Gen. of Birds LT, p. 429.
(1842)
(1854) Bonaparte, Aten. Ital., 1854, p. 12.
(1854) „ „ „ „ 12.
(1856) Horsf. & Moore, Cat. of B. iL. p. 643.
(1849) Blyth, Cat. birds, Mus. A. S., Bengal, p. 67.
. Peale.
(1863) GofF. Sclileg, Mus. Pays-bas, Buccones p. 21.
(1868) G. E . Gr, Cat. Brit. Mus. Capit., p.7.
M. sexibus sinvilibus, viridis; capite versicolor, loribusnigris, fronte auxantiaco, oeeipite coaruleo scapularibus
coeeineo suffusis, gutture pallido eyaneo.
Hab. In regione Indo-Malayanâ.
Description. Adult. Body green, lighter below; lores, and a spot in front and behind
the eye, black; occiput and nape, azure blue, t h e base of the feathers green, showing least
in the fully adult bird; forehead, sinciput, and sides of the head and nape, bordering the
blue, golden orange; an irregular collar on t h e shoulders, and a spot on each side of t he
neck (wanting in some specimens), bright red; throat verditer blue; tail underneath
greenish blue.
Bill black. Irides golden yellow (Schlegel) ; legs and feet black.
Hub. South West Coast of Sumatra (Henrici); Malacca ( Wallace).
This bird was first brought to Europe by Colonel llenrici, after whom i t was named
by Temminck in his ' Recueil des Oiseaux;' but little is known of its habits. Mr, Wallace,
the celebrated Malayan traveller, brought home a single male specimen from Malacca, and