1 36 CAPITONIDJE. 



Mesobucco cyanotis, Shelley, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 87 (1891) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l ii. p. 185 (1900). 

 Cyanops cyanotis, Blanf. Fauna Brit. 2nd., Birds, iii. p. 95 (1895). 



The eggs of the Blue-eared Barbet are of a lengthened elliptical 

 shape and devoid of gloss. They measure from -85 to 1 in length, 

 and from -65 to '7 in breadth. 



2. Wimjeo River, Tenasserim, 12th Hume Coll. 



Feb. (C. T. Bingham). 



3. Tavoy, 15th April (J. Darling}. Hume Coll. 



Genus XANTHOL^MA, Bj>. 

 Xantholaema hsematocephalum (P. L. S. Mull.}. 



Xantholsema haemacephala, Marshall, Mon. Capit. p. 101 (1871) ; Legge, 

 Birds Ceylmi, p. 218 (1878) ; Gates ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs 2nd. 

 Birds, ii. p. 329 (1890). 



Xantholaema haematocephala, Shelley, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 89 (1891) ; 

 Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 98 (1895). 



Xantholeema hsematocephalum, Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. pp. 185, 238 (1900). 



The eggs of the Crimson-breasted Barbet are usually of a length- 

 ened cylindrical shape, and exhibit a small amount of gloss. They 

 measure from -87 to 1-07 in length, and from -62 to -72 in breadth. 



1. India. W. Radcliffe Saunders. Esq. 



[P.]. 



2. Hansi, Punjab, 25th April. Hume Coll. 

 1. Allahabad. Hunie Coll. 



1. Lucknow, 17th March. Hume Coll. 



2. Luciknow, 24th March. Hume Coll. 

 2. Bareilly, 8th May. Hume Coll. 

 2. Bareilly, 9th May. Hume Coll. 

 2. Bareilly, 12th May. Hume Coll. 

 1. Bareilly, 15th May. % Hume Coll. 



1. Bareilly, 20th May. Hume Coll. 



2. Chupra, Bengal, 21st March. Hume Coll. 



1. Central India (R. C. Beavari). Crowley Bequest. 



4. Raipur, C. Provs. (F. R. Blewitt). Plume Coll. 



1. Pegu, 6th March (JE. W. Oates). Gates Coll. 



1, Pegu, 20th March (E. W. O.). Oates Coll. 



1. Pegu, April (E. W. O.). Hume Coll. 



1. Pegu, April (,E. W. O.). Seebohm Coll. 



1. Pegu, 1st April (E. W. O.). Oates Coll. 



1. Pegu, 5th April (E. W. O.}. Oates Coll. 



1. Pegu, 1st May (E. W. O.). Hume Coll. 



Xantholaema malabaricum (Blyth}. 



Xantholsema malabarica, Marshall, Mon. Capit. p. Ill (1871) ; Oates ed. 

 Hume, Nests fy Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 332 (1890) ; Shelley, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xix. p. 95 (1891); Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 99 

 (1895). 



Xantholsema malabaricum, Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 186 (1900). 



