Mr. Blyth on the Ornithology of Ceijlon. 297 



p. 446). Barbets are birds which might easily enough be 

 brought aUve to Europe, fed upon preserved fruits during the 

 voyage, or they might be induced to feed on sugared boiled rice 

 or potatoes *. 



6. Cyanops flavifrons (Cuvier) ; Levaill. pi. 55 ; Bucco 

 aurifrons, Temminck. 



This bird is exactly intermediate in its coloration between 

 the Megalama and Cyanojjs subgroups. It is confined to the 

 hilly zone, where it predominates over the other island species. 



\ 7. Xanthol^ma rubricapilla (Gmel.)j Brown, Illustr. 

 p\l4. 



^' Very common about Colombo ; I have also seen it from 

 Batticaloa, and procured it at Jaffna. It frequents the banian 

 trees in great numbers, and feeds upon the ripe fruits, swal- 

 lowing them entire" (Layard, Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1854, xiii. 

 p. 448). ^ 



8. Chrysocolaptes stricklandi (Layard), Ann. & Mag. 

 N. H. 1854, xiii. p. 449 ; Indopicus carlotta, Malherbe, Monogr. 

 Picid. t. 67 ; Brachypternus ceylonus, Kelaart, Prodr. Faun. Zeyl. 

 p. 128; Jerdon, 111. Ind. Orn. pi. 47. 



Like C. delessedi, but wholly crimson above, with a whitish 

 bill. Length about 11 inches, wing 5^ in., bill 1*75 in. Be- 

 longs chiefly to the mountain-country. 



9. Brachypternus ceylonus (Forster) ; Picus erythronotus, 

 Vieillot; P. neylectus, Wagler; P. sonnerati, Lesson. 



This bears just the same relationship to B. aurantius (also 

 inhabiting Ceylon) that Chrysocolaptes stricklandi does to C. 

 delesserti, being wholly crimson above, but with a black rump 

 (as in other Brachypterni) . It is very common in the low 

 country. 



MiCROPTERNus GULARis (Jerdon) ? ; M. phaioceps, Layard, 

 Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1854, xiii. p. 450. 



* There is now a healthy example of Cyanops asiaticus in the Zoolo- 

 gical Gardens, probably a female bird, as it has never uttered the frequent 

 loud note of its species. It was in nestling plumage when it arrived, and 

 has attained its mature dress in captivity. 



