DZ, SPOLIA ZEYLANICA. 
XANTHOL]MA H4EMATOCEPHALA (Blanford, Vol. IIT., p. 98). 
XANTHOLZMA HAMOCEPHALA (Legge, p. 218). 
The Crimson-breasted Barbet ; Coppersmith. 
Description.—Lores black ; forehead and crown, crimson ; 
top and sides of head, hind cheeks, and a stripe forward along 
the jaw to the lower mandible black ; a patch above and below 
the eye, the chin, and throat yellow ; nape and sides of neck 
grayish-green ; remainder of upper plumage dull olive-green ; 
tail and outer web of most wing quills bluish-green, the outer 
primaries and the inner webs of the remaining wing quills 
blackish with pale yellow edges. On the lower throat is a 
crimson patch, bordered behind by a wash of yellow ; rest of 
lower plumage and the flanks whitish streaked with dull green. 
Bill black ; iris reddish ; legs and feet coral red. 
Length about 6; wing 3; tail 1°5; tarsus °8; bill from 
gape °9. 
Distribution.—Found all over the drier parts of the low- 
country, and in the adjoining hills up to about 2,000 feet. It 
occurs practically all over the Indian Empire, except on the 
hills, and ranges east and south-east to the Malay Peninsula, 
Sumatra, and the Philippines. 
Habits, &:¢c—Common in almost every village garden in the 
localities in which it is found, also in thin jungle, especially 
near cultivation. It isa greatfruiteater. It getsthename of 
Coppersmith from its cry (wonk-wonk-wonk slowly repeated), 
which resembles the tapping of a hammer on copper. 
The breeding season lasts from January to June. The nest 
is a small hole in a decaying branch or rotten fence post. 
Three dull, white, glossless eggs are laid on the bare wood at 
the bottom of the cavity. Like nearly all white eggs, they 
have a pinkish tinge when fresh and unblown. They are 
large for the size of the bird, measuring about +99 by °69. 
XANTHOL]MA RUBRICAPILLA (Blanford, Vol. III., p. 100; 
Legge, p. 215). 
The Small Ceylon Barbet. 
Description —A narrow black line across the base of the 
forehead; remainder of forehead and the front of the crown 
crimson bordered behind by a black band which passes behind 
