122 MEGALAIMID^E. 



Very similar to M. caniceps, but the terminal spots to the 

 wincr-coverts and tertiaries are almost altogether wanting ; the 

 chin, throat, breast, and upper portion of the abdominal region 

 uniform pale-brown ; each feather has the shaft very faintly paler ; 

 the absence of the pale median streaks on the pectoral feathers 

 readily distinguishes this species. 



The Western Green Barbet is common on the Aravelli Hills, 

 and in the jungles below ; it occurs on the Western Ghats and 

 all along the Sahyadri Range as far north at least as Khandalla. 

 It is a permanent resident, breeding during April and May. 

 The eggs, four in number, are of a dull white color, and are 

 deposited in a hole, pierced in the branch ot a tree, generally 

 at some distance from the ground ; there is no nest. 



Megalaima viridis, Bodd. 



194. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. I, p. 311 ; Butler, Deccan ; 

 Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 387. 



THE SMALL GREEN BARBET. 



Length, 8 ; wing, 4 ; tail, 275 ; bill at front, O'iJ. 



Bill pale horny-brown ; irides red-brown ; orbitar skin brown ; 

 legs plumbeons-brown. 



Very similar to M. caniceps, but smaller, the brown of the 

 head and nape scarcely lineated, that of the under parts pale, 

 becoming whitish on the throat ; there are no pale specks on 

 the wing-coverts, nor any traces of pale streaks on the green 

 of the back. 



The Small Green Barbet is common at Satara, Belgaum, and 

 on the Sahyadri Range as far north as Khandalla. It has not 

 been recorded from any other portion of our limits. 



GENUS, Xantholaema, Bonap. 



Bill still shorter, wider, and less compressed ; wing, with 

 second quill, long, sub-equal to the next three. 



Xantholsema haemacephala, Mull 



197. Xantholcema indica, Lath. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. 

 I, p. 315 ; Butler, Guzerat ; Stray Feathers, Vol. Ill, p. 

 460 ; Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 387 ; Murray's Verte- 

 brate Zoology of Sind, p. 116; Swinhoe and Barnes, Central 

 India; Ibis, 1885, p. 63. 



THE CRIMSON-BREASTED BARBET. 



Length, 6'3 to 6 5 ; expanse, 1075 to 11 ; wing, 312 to 3'25 ; 

 tail, 1-4 to 1'5 ; bill at front, 07 ; tarsus, 075. 



Bill black ; irides brown ; orbits dull crimson ; feet coral-red ; 

 claws black. 



Green above, the feathers of the back and wing-coverts more 

 or less margined with yellowish ; beneath, yellowish or greenish- 

 white, streaked with green ; the whitish predominating on the 



