THEBEICEEYX. 89 



Mon. Cap. p. 85, pi. 36 ; Hume, S. F. iii, p. 76 ; id. Cat. no. 192 ; 



Blyth 8f \Vald. Birds Burm. p. 73 ; Hume # Dav. S. F. vi, p. 151 j 



Anders. Yunnan Exped., Aves, p. 583 ; Scully, S. F. viii, p. 251 ; 



Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. (2) iv, p. 577 ; v, p. 561 ; Hume, S. F. 



xi, p. 67. 



Megalaema lineata, Marshall, Mon. Cap. p. 88, pi. 37. 

 Cyanops hodgsoni, Oates, B. B. ii, p. 132. 

 Cyanops lineata, Oates in Hume's N. fy E. 2nd ed. ii, p. 325 ; Shelley, 



Cat. B. M. xix, p. 80. 



Dang kun-nyong, Lepcha ; Kudurta, Khotoor, Nepal ; Pho-gouny. 

 Burmese. 



Naked space round eye much smaller than in T. zeylonicus and 

 not extending to gape. 



Coloration. Crown and nape brown, with rather broad white 

 shaft-stripes ; upper plumage from the neck grass -green ; feathers 

 of the upper back with narrow white shafts ; lores and cheeks 

 whitish ; ear-coverts whity brown ; chin and throat white ; sides 

 of neck, breast, and upper abdomen coloured like the crown, but 

 the white shaft-stripes on the breast are much broader; lower 

 abdomen and under tail-coverts light green, the feathers with 

 broad whitish median stripes ; quills dark brown, with pale yellow 

 inner margins ; primaries with pale outer borders near the tips ; 

 tail washed with light blue below. 



Bill horny yellow ; orbits deep yellow; irides brown; feet fleshy 

 yellow (Scully). 



Length 11 ; tail 3'3 ; wing 5*1 ; tarsus 1-25 ; bill from gape 1*7. 

 These are the dimensions of Eastern Himalayan and Burmese birds ; 

 Western Himalayan are larger, Malay specimens smaller. 



Distribution. Throughout the Lower Himalayas as far west as 

 the Sutlej, not ascending more than 2000 or 3000 feet, and east- 

 ward to Yunnan ; also in Assam, and to the southward throughout 

 Burma, in Siam and Cambodia, and in Java, but not in the Malay 

 Peninsula nor in Sumatra. 



The original T. lineatus is the Javan race, which is small (wing 

 about 4-6), whilst the big West Himalayan race (wing 5-3) has 

 been distinguished as Megalcema hodgsoni; but, as Shelley L has 

 shown, the Eastern Himalayan, Assamese, and Burmese birds are 

 intermediate in size. The case is similar to that of T. zeylonicus 

 and T. caniceps, the Southern race being smaller and darker, but 

 the distinction in size between T. lineatus and T. hodgsoni is much 

 greater. 



Habits, Sfc. Similar to those of T. zeylonicus. The call is a 

 monotonous dissyllabic note. The eggs, four in number, are laid 

 in March and April, and measure about 1-27 by -87. 



1010. Thereiceryx viridis. The Small Green Barbet. 



Bucco viridis, Bodd. Tabl. PI. Enl. p. 63 (1783) ; Jerdon, Madr. 

 Jour. L. S. xi, p. 217 ; xiii, pt. 2, 

 pi. xxvi ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. xv, p. 13. 



