M E G A L O M À V I R I D I S.
( T H E G R E EN B A R B E T . )
Buceo viridis
Barlú de mahe
Capito viridis
Le cabezón vert
Buceo eanieeps
(1783) Boddaert; Tabl. des Pl. Enl. p. 53.
(1783) Buffon ; Pl. Enl. VLT. p. 435.
(1816) Vieillot; N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. IV. p. 59.
(1816) Vieillot; N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. IV. p. 59.
(1832) Sykes ; P. Z. S. p. 97, No. 123.
(1846) G. E . Gray; Gen. of Birds n . p. 429.
(1847) Jerdon; HI. Ind. Orn. t. 26.
M. viridis : minor : gutture albeseente, baud striato: capite, nuchaque, bete brunneis.
Hab. in India meridionali.
Sexes alike; body green; bead and neck dark umber brown; tbe feathers of the upper
back finely centred with yellowish white ; upper plumage rich dark green ; quills brown ;
inner webs pale yellowish at the base ; cheeks and a superciliary eye-streak white ; chin,
throat, and breast yellowish white, the breast-feathers being laterally edged with brown;
under surface pale grass green; tail underneath greenish b l u e ; bill pale horny brown; irides
red brown; orbital skin brown; legs plumbeous brown (Jerdon) ; length 8"", wing 4-", tail
2"75" inches (Jerdon).
Hab. Southern India ; the Malabar Coast up to 14° N.L. (Jerdon); the Deccan
(Sykes).
Additional references.—Bucco viridis: Gmelin (1788), S. N. Vol. I . p. 4 0 8 ; Latham (1790), Ind. Orn. I.
p. 205; Jerdon (1840), Madr. Journ. Vol. X I . p. 217; Hartlaub (1841), Eev. Zool. p. 337; Cuvier (1829), Eegn.
An. p. 457; Buff, PI. Enl. No. 870; Latham (1790), Hist, of Birds, p. 228; Temminck (1832), PI. Col. teste;
Jerdon (1844), Madr. Journ. X I I I . pt. 2, p. 140 ; Blyth (1846), J. A. S. Beng. XV. p. 13. Megalaima viridis :
Blyth(1849), Cat. Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 67, No. 319 ; Horsf. & Moore (1856), Cat. Mus. E. I . C. EL p. 639, No.
926; Jerdon (1862), Birds of India, No. 194 ; Bonaparte (1850), Consp. Av. p. 144 ; G. E . Gray (1868), Cat.
Brit. Mus. Capitonid», p. 13.