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dead trees where they remain for an hour or more at a time, repeating a 

 single monotonous note. Eggs three or four, pure white; deposited in 

 a hole excavated in a limb of a tree. 



Species. 



a 1 . Chin, throat, and subocular band yellow haemacephalum (p. 390) 



a'. Chin, throat, and subocular band red roseum (p. 391) 



354. XANTHOL/EMA H>EMACEPHALUM (P. L. S. Mtiller). 

 YELLOW-CHINNED BARBET. 



Bucco hcemacephalus P. L. S. MULLEB, Nat. Syst. Suppl. (1776), 88. 

 Xantholcema hcematocephala SHELLEY, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1891), 19, 



89; BLANFORD, Fauna Brit. Ind. Bds. (1895), 3, 98, fig. 27 (head). 

 Xantholasma h&matocephalum SHABPE, Hand-List (1900), 2, 185, 238; 



GATES and REID, Cat. Birds' Eggs (1903), 3, 136; MCGREGOR and 



WORCESTER, Hand-List (1906), 64. 



A-so-ni-pu-song, Manila; took-took, generally. 



Calamianes ? (Bourns <& Worcester) ; Leyte (Steere Exp., Whitehead) ; Luzon 

 (Meyer, Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns 6 Worcester, Whitehead, McGregor) ; Min- 

 danao (Martens, Everett, Koch <& Schadenberg, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, 

 Celestino, Goodfellow) ; Mindoro (Steere Exp., Everett, Schmacker, Bourns d 

 Worcester, Whitehead, McGregor, Porter)', Samar ( Whitehead). Malay and 

 Indian Peninsulas, Burmese Provinces, Ceylon, Sumatra. 



Adult (sexes similar). Forehead and crown crimson, followed by a 

 blackish cross-band extending behind eye to ear-coverts ; occiput and nape 

 bluish slate; rest of upper parts olive-green; superciliary line, subocular 

 line, chin, and throat light sulphur-yellow; lores, jaw, and ear-coverts 

 black; posterior to yellow throat a narrow crimson band, followed by a 

 narrower golden yellow band; remainder of under parts pale yellow 

 heavily streaked with dark green, lighter on middle of abdomen ; exposed 

 edges of wing and tail-feathers grass-green. Iris brown; bill and nails 

 black; legs and bare skin about eye red. A male from Bataan Province, 

 Luzon, measures: Length, 175; wing, 87; tail, 42; bill from nostril, 17; 

 culmen from base, 21; tarsus, 20; middle toe with claw, 21. A female 

 from Bataan Province measures : Wing, 83 ; tail, 40 ; bill from nostril, 16 ; 

 culmen from base, 20; tarsus, 17; middle toe with claw, 18. 



"Young. Differs from the adult in wanting the scarlet on the head 

 and the bright colors of the under parts; uniform green above with 

 yellowish white edgings to wing-coverts and secondaries; a pale yellow 

 mark above and below eye; cheeks and ear-coverts blackish; throat and 

 abdomen pale yellow; fore neck and breast dull green, the breast and 

 sides of body narrowly streaked with green." (Shelley.) 



"We heard a barbet on several occasions in Busuanga, but were unable 

 to procure any specimens. As X. JiceniacepJialum occurs in Mindoro, it 

 seems most probable that the Busuanga bird will prove to be of this 



