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Very common iu low country jungle, but becoming much scarcer in 

 the mountains up to 3,000 ft., above which it does not occur. 



(;i. VIIOTORIIEA villi rSOPOGOX-THE GOLD WHISKERED BARBET. 



Chotorhea chrysopogon (Temm.); Shelley, Cat., p. 57 ; Butler, p. 25 ; 

 Bonhote, p. 72 ; Grant (1), p. 108; id. (2), p. 43. 



Bixkit Kutu, Selangor, 3,000 ft. August, 1902. 



Distribution similar to tho preceding species, but much scarcer. 



(!-2, CHOTORHEA VFBSWOLOR-THE MANY-COLOURED BARBET. 



Chotorhea versicolor (RafHes) ; Shelley, Cat., p. 59; Grant (1), 

 p. 103. 



Megalsema versicolor, Sharjye, P.Z.S., 1888, p. 280. 



Rare on the mountains and not abundant anywhere. 



m. CTANOP/S OORTI-MIJ LLER a BARBET. 



Cyanops oorti (MiiUer) ; Shelley, Cat., p. 71 ; Butler, p. 25 ; 

 Uartert, p. 546 ; Grant (2), p. 43. 



Megalsema oorti, Sharpe (2), p. 442. 



Common on the mountains of the main range from Northern Perak 

 to the Semangko Pass. Also on the Larut Hills and Guuong Tahan, 

 but not descending below 3,000 ft. 



W. CYAXOPS i?-lJ/,S'.ll'/-RAMSAY'S GOLDEX-THROATED BARBET. 



Cyanops ramsayi (Wald.) ; Shelley, Cat., p. 70; Sharite (2), 

 p. 442 ; Bonhote, p. 73 ; Hartert, p. 546 ; Grant (2). p. 43. 



Distribution identical with the preceding. 



05. CVANOPS ^nsrAC'OPHAXE.S-'VRE GAUDY BARBET. 



Cyanops niystacophanes (Temm.) ; Shelley, Cat., p. 72 ; Bonhote, 

 p. 73 ; Grant (1), p. 102. 



9 . Ginting Bidei, 2,300 ft. May, 1908. 



Also from Rantau Panjang in the Selangor low country, but much 

 commoner in the northern parts of the Peninsula. 



Oi;, MESOBUCCO DUVAUCELl-THE CRIMSON-EARED BARBET. 



Mesobucco duvauceli (Less.) ; Shelley, Cat., p. 85: Butler, p. 24; 

 Grant (1), p. 101. 



Bukit Kutu, Selangor, 3,000 ft. August, 1902. 



Sporadic, but fairly common in the low country wherever met with. 

 All six specimens before me have the ear coverts strongly washed 

 with verditer blue. They need comparison with typical M. duvauceli 

 and with M. cyanotis, which is only a sub-species, from Tenasserim. 



Mar., 1900, 



