1. 2. ME CALÄ.MA DUVAUCELII
3 CYAN OTIS.
MEGALiEMA DUVAUCELII.
( T H E S C A R L E T - E A R E D B A R B E T .)
Buceo duvaucelii
„ frontalis
,, gutluralis
„ trimaculatus.
„ australis
Megalaima trimaadata
„ duvaucelii
(1831) Lesson; Traité d'Orn. p. 164.
(1832) Temm. ; PI. Col. 536. f. 1.
(1832) Boie; Briefe aus Ostwind, no. 15.
(1832) J. E. Gray; Zool. Misc. I. p. 3 , pi. 3.
(1820) Baffles ; Trans. Linn. Soc. XIII. p. 285 (nec Horsf.).
(1846) G. Ft. Gray; Gen. of Birds, II. p. 429.
(1859) Moore ; P. Z. S. p. 455.
Tanda or Tanlialc of the Malays (Cantor).
M. sexibus similibus : minima : viridis : gutture cyaneo : fronte nigra : paroticâ coccínea.
Hab. in subregione Indo-
Sexes alike; body green; forehead and top of t h e head black, becoming bluish towards
the nape; a stripe behind the eye running down the neck, one large one at the base of the
upper mandible, and one on each side of t h e throat scarlet; occiput and nape green, a little
paler than the back; upper plumage dark green; quills brown, exterior webs edged with
green, inner webs pale yellowish at the base; throat cindery blue, a black band across the
upper breast (differing in width according to age); under surface light grass-green; tail
underneath bluish green; bill horn-black, whitish at the base of the lower mandible; feet
dark horn-brown.
The young bird differs by the absence of all the bright coloration of the head and
throat, the entire head being green, with a faint tinge of orange on the forehead, and t he
cheeks and throat slightly washed with blue.
Hob. Borneo (Wallace); Sumatra (Raffles); Malayan peninsula (Cantor). To the
Additional references.—Bucco duvaucelii: Hartlaub (1841), Rev. Zool. p. 337. Bucco frontalis: Lesson (1839),
Rev. Zool. p. 137; Hartlaub: (1841), Rev. Zool. p. 337. Bucco trimaculatus: Eyton (1839), P. Z. S. p. 105;
Hartlaub (1841), Rev. Zool. p. 337; Blyth (1S47), Journ. As. Soc. Bong. p. 465. Bucco australis: Blyth (1846),
Journ. As. Soc. p. 13. Megalaima duvaucelii: Goffin (1S63), Cat. Mus. Pays Bas, Bucc. p. 2 8 ; G. R. Gray (1868),
Cat. Brit. Mus. Capit. p. 1 1 ; Gray (1870), Hand-1. of B. I I . p. 174.