428 CAPITONID/31. 



Upper surface of the body, including the wing coverts, tertiaries, tail and 

 outer edges of the primaries and secondaries bright green ; back the same but 

 each feather streaked with pale whitish brown ; head brown, each feather with 

 a whitey brown tip, those on the nape streaked with the same ; chin and throat 

 white ; sides of the head and of the neck, also the breast and upper abdomen, 

 brown, the feathers with a mesial whitey brown streak; flanks, lower abdomen, 

 vent and under tail coverts pale green ; inner webs of primaries and secondaries 

 black, some of the earlier primaries margined with pale brown terminally. 



Bill flesh-coloured, paler at gape ; iris brown ; orbital skin and legs deep 

 yellow. 



Length. io'5 inches to 11*3 inches ; tail 3 to 3-5 ; wing 5-25 ; tarsus r i ; 

 bill from gape 17. 



Hab. The Indo-Burmese countries to the base of the Himalayas in the 

 lower hills and plains, not ascending the hills above 1000 or 2000 feet. It is 

 found in Dacca in Eastern Bengal, Assam, Sylhet, the Sikkim Terai and Nepaul. 

 In Burmah, Gates says, it is found abundantly in all the forests, except in the 

 extreme south of Tenasserim. According to Hodgson it breeds in the valley 

 of the lower regions of Nepaul, It begins to lay about April. It excavates 

 a hole in the trunk of some decayed tree about 16 inches deep, and in it lays 

 3 4 pure white eggs, which, Hume says, are figured as broad ovals consider- 

 ably pointed towards one end, and measure 1*3 X 1*98 inch. 



1024. Megalaema caniceps (Frankly Jerd. B. ind. \. p. 310, 



No. 193 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs Ind. B. p. 129. Bucco caniceps, Franklin, 

 P. Z. S. 1831, p. 147. The COMMON GREEN BARBET. 



Like M. lineata> but theforeneck and breast uniform brown with pale mesial 

 streaks ; head, neck and lower surface brown ; the throat dusky brown, these 

 parts very faintly streaked paler ; upper surface green as in M. lineata, the 

 streaks very faint ; wing coverts and tertiaries tipped with white. Bill pale 

 orange brown ; irides red brown ; orbitar skin dull orange. 



Length. 10*5 inches ; wing 5 ; tail 3*5 ; tarsus PI ; bill at front 1-2. 



Hab. The Eastern Ghauts, Central and Northern India, Guzerat, Oudh and 

 Bengal. Found in wooded and well-watered districts. Lays in March and 

 April. Eggs 3 4 in number, oval, dull white and slightly glossy. 



1025. Megalaema inornata, Waid., Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 



1870, v. p. 219; Jerd. y B. Ind. i. Suppl. p. xlvii. ; Str. F. iii. pp. 401, 459 ; 

 Marsh.) Mon. Capit. pi. xxviii. The MALABAR GREEN BARBET. 



Chin, throat, breast and upper portion of abdominal region uniform pale 

 brown, the shafts faintly paler. Upper surface as in caniceps, the terminal 

 spots on the wing coverts and tertiaries almost wanting. Length similar to 

 that of caniceps. Bill at front 1-5 inch ; wing 5*2 ; tail 3*5 ; tarsus ri. 



Hab. Malabar, Coorg and Khandeish. 



