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of which we have seen two only, B. lineatus and B. incliciis, both 

 of which are common. In Arracan, the latter seems to be con- 

 fined to the vicinitj' of the coast ; but the former abounds, also 

 the cyanotis variety of B. trimacvlatus, and B. asiaticus first 

 makes its appearance in that direction. B. lineatus continues 

 abundant in Sylhet, Assam, Nepal, and, we believe. Upper Bengal ; 

 this and B. asiaticus being the only Barbets we have hitherto 

 seen from Assam. In the Himalaya, B. grandis and B. 

 Franklinii are true hill species, both of which occur at Cherra 

 Punji N. of Sylhet, whence there can be little doubt of their also 

 inhabiting the hill ranges of Assam. In Nepal the assemblage 

 consists of B. grandis, lineatus, asiaticus, and Franklinii, witli 

 probably indicus accompanying asiaticus in the valley and parts of 

 the Terai region. In the delta of the Ganges we have only 

 asiaticus and indicus ; but immediately to the westward caniceps 

 replaces asiaticus, as it does lineatus more to the north ; and this 

 last species inhabits the whole peninsula of India, being repre- 

 sented by a rather smaller race in Ceylon, and perhaps another in 

 the Nilgiris. A still smaller race, but otherwise nearly similar, 

 the B. viridis, is peculiar to S. and W. (?) India ; while B. 

 caniceps inhabits so high as the Deyra Doon ; and perhaps the 

 true B. zeylanicus will be found to constitute another allied 

 species in Ceylon. In that island we find that B. indicus (so 

 generally spread over India) is replaced by B. ruhricapillus ; and 

 in the Malabar jungles there is B. malaharicus, which chiefly (or 

 only ?) differs from B. rubricap)illus in having the throat and 

 above and below the eyes crimson like the forehead, instead of 

 orange-yellow. Another small species, the B. jiavifrons assigned 

 to Ceylon, which we have not seen, completes the series as at 

 present known ; and we have information of a handsomely 

 coloured Barbet in the interior of Ceylon (which is perhaps the 

 jiavifrons, additional to B. caniceps, var., and B. ruhricapillus. 

 That island contains therefore at least three species of the genus ; 

 and perhaps a fourth in B. zeylanicus, unless this name be 

 ascertained to refer of necessity to B. caniceps, var. ; and 

 excepting the latter it will be remarked that the Ceylon species 

 differ decidedly from those of the mainland of India. Of the 

 Barbets of the N.W. provinces, we have no satisfactory infor- 

 mation ; but expect no additional species in that direction, where 

 the genus attains the N.W. limits of its geographical range. 



