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CAPITONID^. 



Mesobucco cvanotis, Shellei/, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 87 (1891) ; Sluuye, 



Hand-Ln. p. 185 (1900). 

 Cyanops cjanotis, Blanf. Fauna Brit, hid.. Birds, iii. p. 95 (1895). 



The eggs of the Blue-eared Barbet are of a lengthened elliptical 

 shape and devoid of gloss. They measure from 'So to 1 in length, 

 and from • 65 to '7 in breadth. 



2. Wimieo River, Tenasserim, 12th Hume Coll. 



Feb. (C. T. Bingham). 



3. Tavoy, 15th April (/. Darling). Hume Coll. 



Genus XANTHOL.EMA, Bp. 



Xantholsema haBmatocephalum {P. L. S. JSlull.). 



Xantholtema haemacephala, Marshall, Mon. Capit. p. 101 (1871) ; Lef/f/e, 

 Birds Ceylon, p. 218 (1878) ; Gates ed. Ilume, Nests Sf Eggs hid. 

 Birds, ii. p. 329 (1890). 



Xantholfema hsematocephala, Shelley, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 89 (1891) ; 

 Blanf. Fauna Brit, hid., Birds, iii. p. 98 (1895). 



Xantholsema hsematocephalum, Shari^e, Hand-l. ii. pp. 185, 238 (1900). 



The eggs of the Crimson-breasted Barbet are usually of a length- 

 ened cylindrical shape, and exhibit a small amount of gloss. They 

 measure from -87 to I'OT in length, and from '62 to -72 in breadth. 



1. India. 



Hansi, Punjab, 25th April. 



Allahabad. 



Lucknow, 17th March. 



Lucknow, 24t]i March. 



Bareilly, 8th May. 



Bareilly, 9th May. 



liareillv, 12th INIay. 



BareillV, loth May. 



Bareilly, 20th May. 



Chupra, Bengal, 21st March. 



Central India {R. C. Benvan). 



Raipur, C. Provs. {F. R. Bleivit.t). 



I»egu, 6th March [E. W. Oates). 



Pegu, 20th March {E. W. O.). 



Pegu, April .(^. W. 0.). 



Pegu, April ^E. W. O.). 



Pegu, 1st April (J?. W. O.). 



Pegu, 5th April (E. W. O.). 



Pegu, 1st May {E. W. 0.). 



W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Oates Coll. 

 Oates Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Oates Coll. 

 Oates Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Xantholsema malabariciim {Blyth). 



XanthoL-ema malabarica, Marshall, Mo7i. Capit. p. Ill (1871) ; Oates ed. 

 Hume, Nests Sf Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 332 (1890) ; Shelley, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xix. p. 95 (1891) ; Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 99 

 (1895). 



Xanthola;ma malabaricum, Sharpe, Hand-l, ii. p. 186 (1900). 



