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  Dr. 
  W. 
  T. 
  Blanford 
  on 
  some 
  

  

  did 
  not 
  attempt 
  to 
  hurt 
  a 
  Spotted 
  Crake 
  which 
  came 
  on 
  

   board 
  on 
  Wednesday, 
  October 
  5 
  th, 
  we 
  being 
  then 
  in 
  the 
  

   Mediterranean. 
  The 
  latter 
  bird, 
  however, 
  was 
  restless, 
  and 
  

   pined, 
  drooped, 
  and 
  provokingly 
  died 
  just 
  before 
  reaching 
  the 
  

   Gardens. 
  

  

  XXII. 
  — 
  On 
  some 
  Gene7'a 
  of 
  Oriental 
  Bar-bets. 
  

   By 
  W. 
  T. 
  Blanford, 
  F.R.S. 
  

  

  Whilst 
  examining 
  the 
  Indian, 
  Ceylonese, 
  and 
  Burmese 
  

   Barbets, 
  and 
  preparing 
  an 
  account 
  of 
  them 
  for 
  the 
  third 
  

   volume 
  of 
  the 
  ' 
  Birds 
  ' 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Fauna 
  of 
  British 
  India,' 
  I 
  

   have 
  been 
  led 
  to 
  suggest 
  a 
  slight 
  modification 
  of 
  the 
  generic 
  

   arrangement 
  adopted 
  by 
  Captain 
  Shelley 
  in 
  the 
  nineteenth 
  

   volume 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  Catalogue. 
  I 
  quite 
  agree 
  

   with 
  Captain 
  Shelley's 
  remarks 
  (Cat. 
  Birds 
  B. 
  M. 
  xix. 
  p. 
  13) 
  

   as 
  to 
  the 
  great 
  difficulties 
  in 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  generic 
  separation 
  

   presented 
  by 
  many 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  family, 
  but 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  

   time 
  I 
  am 
  inclined 
  to 
  rely 
  upon 
  style 
  of 
  coloration 
  to 
  a 
  

   areater 
  extent 
  than 
  he 
  does. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  work 
  mentioned 
  the 
  Barbets 
  of 
  the 
  Oriental 
  Region 
  

   are 
  arranged 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  seven 
  gcnei-a 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Calorhamphus, 
  Mesobucco. 
  

  

  Megalcp.ma. 
  Xantholama. 
  

  

  Chotorhea. 
  Fsilopoyon. 
  

   Cyanops. 
  

  

  Of 
  these 
  Calorhamphus 
  differs 
  widely, 
  both 
  in 
  structure 
  

   and 
  coloration, 
  from 
  all 
  the 
  others"^. 
  The 
  genus 
  Psilopogon, 
  

   though 
  far 
  less 
  distinct 
  than 
  Calorhamphus, 
  is 
  readily 
  se- 
  

   parated 
  by 
  its 
  greatly 
  graduated 
  tail-feathers. 
  The 
  other 
  

   five 
  genera 
  contain 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  species, 
  the 
  relations 
  of 
  

  

  * 
  According 
  to 
  Davison's 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  liabits 
  of 
  C. 
  hayi 
  (' 
  Stray 
  

   Feathers,' 
  vi. 
  p. 
  149), 
  this 
  is 
  by 
  far 
  the 
  most 
  insectivorous 
  of 
  the 
  Oriental 
  

   Barbets, 
  and 
  resembles 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  African 
  forms 
  of 
  Melanohucco, 
  Tri- 
  

   chol(e7na, 
  TvacJiyphonus, 
  &c., 
  in 
  respect 
  of 
  food. 
  This 
  is 
  somewhat 
  note- 
  

   worthy, 
  for 
  Calorhamplais 
  has 
  no 
  rictal 
  bristles, 
  whilst 
  in 
  other 
  Oriental 
  

   genera 
  the 
  gape 
  and 
  chin 
  are 
  beset 
  with 
  long 
  hairs. 
  

  

  