263 THE zooiiOGisf. 



PS. — We have been assured, on good authorit,y, that B. 

 asiatmcs has been seen to climb, in the manner of a Woodpecker, 

 to its ne-sL hole ; and this is probably the amount of its scansorial 

 propensity. 



Note. — Since the accompanying sketch of the Indian Barbets 

 was printed off, Capt. Tickell has obligingly favoured us with a 

 transcription of Mr. G. K. Gray's article on the group, published 

 in his ' Illustrated Genera of Birds.' He includes it (like most 

 of his predecessors) among the Pic'uhe, as a distinct subfamily ; 

 whereas it has a much better claim to be thus included as a sub- 

 ordinate division of Rhamphastidce ; and of his genus Megalaima 

 (our Bucco), he enumerates twenty-nine species, to which B. 

 inalaharicus has to be added. We may subtract, however, his M. 

 lutea, referred by Mr. Jerdon to B. indicus as an albino variety ; 

 and M. 7naculata {Trofion macidatus, Gn\.), foumled on Brown's 

 figure of " the Spotted Curucui," which is decidedly intended to 

 represent a variety of our Chrysococcys smaragdinus (J. A. S. xv. 

 53). B. Lathami, Gm., is likewise included, and with propriety; 

 while our Caloramphus Latliami he gives as Megalorhynchus 

 Hayii (Gray), with the synonyms we liave cited excepting Bucco 

 Lathami. There are also certain Mrican species included, which 

 we hesitate to adopt as members of this generic division. The 

 following reductions and rectifications of synonyms of species 

 described or referred to in the accompanying paper may be 

 accepted on his authority. 



B. viuENs, Boddiiert ; B. grandis, Gmelin. 



B. VERsicoLOK, llaffles; B. Rajjksii, Lesson. (There can be 

 little doubt of this identification, though the forehead of B. 

 lioJ)ltsii is said to be black, meaning probably the extreme base 

 only of tlie forehead). 



B. PHiLii'PENSis, Brisson ; B.Jiavigtda, Boddaert ; B. indicus, 

 Liitliam, &c. 



B. FLAViFKONs, Cuv. ; B. aurifrons, Temrainck. 



B. TRiMACULATUS, Gray; B. frontalis, Tern.; B. Duvaucelii, 

 Lesson. 



B. ooRTi, Muller; B. Henrici, Temminck. 

 B. ROSEUS, Cuv. ; Capito rosaceicollis, Vieillot; B. harhicxdus, 

 Cuv. ; B. roscicollis. Vigors. 



And a B. jialaccensis, Hartlaub (Rev. Zool., &c, 1842, p. 



