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exist in those of Arracan and thence southward. Capt. Hutton, 

 writing from Masuri, informs us that — " It is found both in the 

 Doon and in the hills ; it is common here all tlie year through, 

 but very numerous in winter. They feed," he adds, " on fruits 

 and berries, and will sit for hours together on some tall tree, 

 uttering a monotonous hoo-hoohoo without intermission. In 

 flying they make great exertions, as if they were fearful of falling 

 to the ground." The American Toucans are said to fly with 

 much exertion ; but we have not remarked this of the species of 

 Bucco which have fallen under our observation. 



B. LiNEATUS, Vieillot (apud Diet. Class.) ; B. corvinus, 

 Temminck, p. c. 522 (apud Horsfield, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 105). 

 Pho-goung, Arracan. — Length about 10^^ in. ;* of wing about 5 

 in. ; and tail Sh in. ; bill to forehead 1^ in. Colour vivid green 

 above ; the head, neck, and under parts whitish, with brown 

 lateral borders to the feathers more or less developed on different 

 parts ; on the crown the brown predominates towards the fore- 

 head, becoming more distinctly lineated with whitish on the 

 occiput and nape, these whitish streaks continuing more or less 

 on the green of the back ; throat streakless, whitish, and the 

 feathers of the lower parts but narrowly margined laterally with 

 brown ; belly, flanks, and lower tail-coverts green, the tail more 

 tinged with yellow, and the green more or less extended forward 

 in different specimens. Bill reddish-white (in preserved skins), 

 and the legs pale. This bird is exceedingly common in Nepal, 

 Assam, Sylhet, Tipperah, Arracan, and the Tenasserim Provinces ; 

 and is reported by M. Vieillot from Sumatra, though it was not 

 met with in that island by Sir Stamford Kaffles. Of many dozens 

 of skins examined, we have seen none that could be confounded 

 with the next species ; and make no doubt that this, rather than 

 B. caniceps, was the bird we formerly received from Mymunseng 

 in Upper Bengal, where likewise it is abundant. 



B. CANICEPS, Franklin, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 121 ; B. lineatus, apud 

 Tickell, J. A. S. ii. 579; P. zeylaaicus (?), Linn.t— Size and pro- 



* Capt. Hutton gives Hi in. as the total length of a Doon specimen, we 

 presume when recent. 



f Bura Bussunta of India, apud Franklin, which simply means ' Great 

 Barbet.' Col. Sykes remarks — " Scarcely distinguishable from Bucco 

 corvinus and B. javanicus." It is undoubtedly aUied to the former ; but if 

 the latter mean B.Javansis, Horsfield (v. hatoreas, Teni.), the close affinity, 

 according to the description of B. javansis, is not apparent. 



