ME GAL AIM A AUSTRALIS ad & J U v
MEGALiEM" A A U S T R A L I S.
( T H E BLACK-BANDED J A V A N BARBET.)
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The Austral Barbet . . . . Latham.
NATIVE NAME.
Trung-Tung . Java . (MorsfieU).
Buceo australis
,, cyanocephalus
„ gularis
„ australis
,, gularis
Megalaima australis
Buceo australis
Megalaima australis
Xantholcema ,,
Megalaima ,,
M. sexibus similibus : viridis : gutture csoruleo : fronte ca>ruloo : genis sulphureis.
Hah. in i n s u l i s " J a v a et B a n d a ' ' d i c t i s.
Adult. Sexes a l i k e ; b o d y g r e e n ; l o r e s , forehead, top o f t h e head and throat d u l l b l u e;
an o v a l s p o t b e l o w t h e e y e b r i g h t s u l p h u r - y e l l o w ; upper p l u m a g e dark g r e e n ; q u i l l s brown,
pale y e l l o w i s h at t h e base of t h e inner w e b s ; a s p o t at t h e base of t h e l o w e r m a n d i b l e and
a broad g o r g e t d e e p b l a c k , t h e l a t t e r e d g e d w i t h g o l d e n y e l l o w ; u n d e r s u r f a c e l i g h t g r e e n;
t a i l u n d e r n e a t h g r e e n i s h blue ; rictal b r i s t l e s e x t e n d i n g b e y o n d the t i p of the bill, which
is black ; the i r i s b r o w n ; legs and feet o l i v e b r o w n ; l e n g t h a b o u t 6", w i n g about 3", tail
1*8 : t h e m e a s u r e m e n t s b e i n g t a k e n f r om d r y skins.
Juv. The y o u n g bird i s u n i f o rm g r e e n , and docs not assume t h e full p l u m a g e until
after the s e c o n d m o u l t . The base o f t h e l o w e r m a n d i b l e is pale y e l l o w i s h.