92 CAPITONID^E. 



Genus CYANOPS, Bonap., 1854. 



Except the form of the bill, which is much shorter, with a less 

 curved culuien, there is but little to distinguish this genus from 

 the last. The culmen is not longer than the tarsus, or if longer, 

 then very slightly so. The wing is much rounded, the 2nd 

 primary being shorter than any other primary except the 1st, and 

 the 3rd shorter than the 4th. The plumage is chiefly green, the 

 head and neck being decorated with patches of bright colour, red, 

 yellow, or blue. 



Twelve species are known, distributed over the Oriental region ; 

 of these seven occur within Indian limits. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Chin and throat blue or bluish green. 



a'. Crown red ; a black band across vertex .... C. asiatica, p. 92, 



b'. Crown red ; a blue band across vertex C. davisoni, p. 93. 



c'. Crown bluish green ; narrow frontal band 



crimson C. incognita, p. 94, 



d'. Forehead and sinciput golden yellow; occiput 



green C.flavifrons, p. 94, 



e'. Sinciput black ; occiput blue C. cyanotis, p. 95. 



b. Chin and throat yellow and grey. 



/'. Supercilium black C.franklini, p. 96, 



g'. Supercilium mixed black and grey C. ramsayi, p. 97. 



1012. Cyanops asiatica. The Blue-throated Barbet. 



Trogon asiaticus, Lath. 2nd. Orn. i, p. 201 (1790). 

 Megalaima asiatica, Blyth, Cat. p. 67. 



Cyanops asiatica, Bonap. Consp. Volucr. Zygod. p. 12 ; Horsf. fy M. 

 Cat. ii, p. 641 ; Jerd. B. I. i, p. 313 ; Godw.-Aust. J. A. S. B. 



. P- c 



Megalsema asiatica, Marshall, Mon. Cap. p. 63, pi. 29 ; Blyth 

 Wald. Birds Burm. p. 73 ; Inglis, S. F. v, p. 27 ; Wardl.-Rams. 

 Ibis, 1877, p. 457 ; Anders. Yunnan Exped., Aves, p. 584 ; Hume 

 Dav. S. F. vi, p. 151 ; Hume, Cat. no. 195 ; Scully, S. F. viii, 



p. 252; C. H. T. Marshall, Ibis, 1884, p. 410; Hume, &F. xi r 

 p. 67 ; Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) 

 J.f.O. 1889, p. 429. 



). 67 ; Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) vii, p. 377 ; Hartert, 



Burra bussunt bairi, Burra benebo, Beng. ; Corul, Mussalmans in 

 Bengal ; Kat-tak, Lepcha ; JRuturki, Bussanta, Nep. ; Hutururu, Chamba ; 

 Kok-kha-lounff, Burmese. 



Coloration. Nasal plumes black ; a broad black band, with a 

 yellow anterior border, across the vertex ; anterior lores, forehead, 

 and remainder of crown crimson, the occiput bordered with black 

 on each side ; remainder of upper surface grass-green ; sides of 

 the head, extending all round the eye, chin, throat, and fore neck 

 pale verditer-blue, a large crimson spot on each side of the fore 

 neck, and a small crimson speck at each base of the lower 



