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(195) Cyanops Asratica, Blue-throated Barbet, is rarely seen over 
3,000 to 4,000 feet elevation. It has a peculiar, noisy call, not un- 
like kurwwik, kuruwhtk, kuruwhk. In length it is9$inches ; plumage 
is green, above, with coppery gloss on the back ; crimson on the top 
of the head; cheeks, throat, and foreneck blue. This species is 
commonly called in the plains “ Bussunt Bairi” old woman of the 
spring, rather unpoetic name. 
(196) CyANops FRANKLINH, Golden-throated Barbet, is more fami- 
liar in Darjeeling than other Barbets. I have seen it on several 
occasions in Birch Hill forest in spring and during the rains. It is 
easily recognised by the prominent patch of golden yellow on the 
throat. This Barbet is 9 inches in length; above it is bright green ; 
beneath tinged with yellow ; deep blue on the shoulders, some blue 
on the primaries, secondaries green; crimson on the head; crown 
and throat bright glistening orange-yellow. The presence of this 
Barbet is known, by the fairly loud and cheerful ery of kattak- 
hattak-kattak, proceeding from the trees, a short distance from the 
house, it may be. 
(197) XANTHOLAMA INpICcA, Crimson-breasted Barbet, most of us 
must doubtless be on the best of terms with the bird going under 
the name of “Copper Smith,” whose alluring lullabies have broken 
somewhat harshly midday siestas, for which accomplishment this 
Xantholema has acquired an unenviable reputation, by its persist- 
ant and remarkably loud took-took-took, nodding its head at each 
call from side to side. The sound resembles an Indian copper-smith 
at work. Xantholema is 64 inches in length. In the plains it is 
called Tambdyat (copper-smith). A note by Sundevall would I feel 
sure be interesting whilst considering the -merits of this species, 
“that it is like a rather low note on the flute from the lower G to 
the second FE. The sound often appears to come from a different 
direction to that, from which it does really proceed ; and this appears 
to me to depend on the direction of the bird’s head when uttering 
the call, the same individual always utters the same note, but that 
two are seldom heard to make it exactly alike. When, therefore, 
two or more birds are sitting near each other a not unpleasant music 
arises from the alteration of the notes, each sounding like the tone 
of a series of bells”! 
