432 CAPITONID^E. 



1032. Xantholsema malabarica (Biyih}, Jerd., B. ind. i. 



p. 317, No. 189 ; Marsh., Mon. Capit.pt. vi. pi. xlvi ; Hume, Sir. F. iv. p. 392. 

 Bucco malabarica, Blyth, J.A.S. E. xvi. p. 387. The CRIMSON-THROATED 

 BARBET. 



Forehead, round the eyes, chin and throat crimson, the throat margined 

 externally with golden yellow ; occiput black or bluish ; cheeks, ear-coverts 

 and sides of the neck dull blue ; upper surface dark green, the feathers 

 edged paler ; below pale or dull green. Bill black ; irides red-brown ; legs 

 red. 



Length. 6 25 inches ; tail i'5 ; wing 3*2; bill at front 0-5 ; tarsus 07. 



Hab. Malabar, Wynaad, Western Ghauts in Mysore, and the Travancore 

 hills. Habits similar to the last. 



1033. Xantholsema cyanotis (Biyth), Hume, Sir. F. iii. p. 77. 



Megalaema cyanotis, Marsh., Mon. Cap?'/, pi. xxxiii. fig. 3 ; Blyth, B. 

 Burmah p. 74; Hume and Dav., Str, F. vi. p. 155 ; Hume, Str. F. viii. 

 p. 88 ; Bingham, Str F. ix. p. 166 ; Oates, B. Br. Burm. ii. p. 137. Bucco 

 cyanotis, Blyth, y. A. S. B. xvi. p. 465. The BLUE-EARED BARBET. 



Forehead, streak over the eye, ear coverts, chin and throat, dull blue ; fore 

 part of crown and patch at base of lower mandible black, tinged greenish ; a 

 patch under the eye, and a streak under and over the ear coverts red ; rest of 

 plumage green, darker above and yellower beneath; primaries and secondaries 

 dark brown, margined on the outer webs with green ; abdomen and tail with a 

 bluish tinge. Bill black ; eyelids and nude facial skin plumbeous ; iris dark 

 brown; legs dull greenish yellow. 



Length. 67 inches ; tail 2-2 ; wing 3-2 ; tarsus o'8 ; bill from gape 1-05. 



Hab. Malay Peninsula, British Burmah, hill tracts of Eastern Bengal, 

 Cachar, and Tipperah. Breeds in Tenasserim in February. 



Gen. CaloramphllS, Less. 



Bill larger than in Megalcema or Cyanops ; rictal bristles at base almost 

 wanting ; plumage plain. 



1034- CaloramphUS Hayi (Gray), Hume and Dav., Str. F. vi. 

 p. 149; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 88; Oates, B. Br. Burm. ii. p. 138. 

 Caloramphus Lathami, apud Marsh., Monog. Cap it. pi. Ixxii. Megalorhynchus 

 hayi, Wald., Ibis, 1871, p. 163. Bucco Hayi, Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 33. 

 The BROWN BARBET. 



Whole upper plumage dark brown, the feathers of the crown margined with 

 rusty brown and those of the back, rump, and upper tail coverts margined with 

 pale yellowish green ; wing coverts and quills dark brown, the margins paler ; 

 tail dark brown ; sides of the head rufous brown ; chin and throat paler 

 mfuus, obsoletely barred with pale yellowish ; remainder of the plumage dirty 



