154 THE POOD OP BIRDS IN INDIA. 



1012. Cyanops asiatica. Blue-throated Barbet. 

 Fruit broken up. F. I, I, 313. 



1015. Cyanops flavifrons. Yellow-fronted Barbet. Fruit 

 eating. F. I., Ill, 95. 



1017. Cyanops franklini. Golden-throated Barbet. Eating 

 fruits. Jerd. B. L, I., 314; & F. L, III, 97. 



1019. Xantholcema hcematocephala. Crimson-breasted Barbet. 

 Blyth found that in captivity one would take insects but not swal- 

 low them, and forsook them immediately fruit was offered. Its 

 chief food is fruit of various kinds, sometimes perhaps insects. 

 Jerd. B. I., I, 316. Fruit, taking insects occasionally. Flying 

 Termites. F. I., Ill, 99. Taps trees like a wood-pecker, and 

 feeds on fruit similar to green pigeon. B. N. H. S. J., VIII, 12. 



Does not touch insects : only insects eaten are termites caught 

 on the wing. B. N. H. S. J., VIII, 326. Robbed of Ficus fruit by 

 Molpastes bengalensis. B. N. H. S. J., XIII, 714. 



Stomachs examined.-- 



1907 5 birds examined. 



1908 7 



1909 3 



All contained Ficus fruits only.. 



Summary. Fifteen birds contained Ficus fruij&only. I have 

 repeatedly watched this bird at all seasons of the year, February, 

 May, August, and September, for half an hour or so on end, 

 pulling bits of bark off trees and especially dead branches, but 

 when shot, the bird has contained nothing but fruit. If therefore 

 this habit of tapping trees and pulling bark off branches, &c., is 

 acquired for the purpose of rinding suitable nesting sites only^ 

 this species has more than one brood during the year, or else its 

 breeding season extends over a very large period. " It breeds in 

 Northern India in March, April, and May, earlier further South, 

 and in Ceylon from January to June." F. I., III., 99. 



Indicatoridce. One rare species occurs in the hills. 



Capitonidce.Qt the Barbets only two species occur in the 

 plains, and both these are common. They feed almost entirely 



