h}^ Private IniporiaUou of Indian Birds in 1916. 



come iiit<i tlu- possession of our m'>m'b(^r .Mr. Bri^'ht, with, 

 which wc hope he may have breeding- luck in the coining, 

 sciiHon, and an inieresting article about his success tor our 

 Journal, -Ed., "B.N."]. 



Private Importation of Indian Birds in 1916. 



Bv.Ueslkv 'J'. Page. F.Z.S.. .Etc. 

 {Continued from page 36). 



Blue-cheeked Barbet {Cyanops asiatica. Lath.). 



Jerdon calls this sfJe.cies the Blue-throated Barbet, but it 

 is generally known in this country as above. Of some 

 live specimens received, I only succeeded in establishing 

 two, both of which are, I think, doing well in two of our 

 members' aviaries. They are beautiful and mteresting birds, 

 but when caged, their cage needs frequent attention \o keep 

 it clean and sweet. 



Descript'on. — Mainly green, but above the green is 

 overlaid with a ruddy-coppery sheen, paler below, frontal 

 occiput, and a patch at each side of base of foreneck bright 

 c.i'imson ; bands across the crown and above each eye 

 .black ; cheeks, ear-coverts, moustachial streaks, throat and 

 fore neck bright bluie. Bill greenish yellow, tipped with 

 black ; iris ruddy-hazel ; bare skin round eyes orange ; 

 legs and feet — a shy-green. Total length 93in., tail 3in. 



This species is found throughout Lower Bengal, ex- 

 tending through \h^ sub-Himalayan region as far as theDehra 

 Dhoon, also Assam and Sylhet it is rare in Arakan. It, 

 is common above Calcutta to Barrackpore. It is also found 

 in some of the warmer valleys in the Sikhim Himalayas. 



{To be continiisd). 



