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margined with a brighter and yellower green, giving on the 

 neck, especially, a somewhat scaly appearance. 



Lower surface of tail greenish blue; edge of the wing dark 

 green ; wing-lining pale grey ; some of the feathers margined 

 with white, and centred with greyish green ; margins of the 

 inner webs of the quills towards their bases very pale buffy or 

 pale fawn. 



197.— -Xantholsema hsemacephala, Mull. (3). 



{Tonghoo, Karennee, Earns.) Dargwin ; Pahpoon ; Oyne Eiver ; Moulniein ; 

 Ngabeemah ; Amherst ; Zadee ; Tavoy ; Mergui ; Pakchan ; Bankasoon. 



Common throughout the province, but only in open country ; 

 not found in dense forest. 



[The Coppersmith is quite as common over a great portion 

 of Tenasserim as it is in many parts of India, but towards the 

 south it is much less often met with, and in the immediate 

 vicinity of the Pakchan it occurs but rarely. — W. D.] 



198 quat.— Megalsema cyanotis, Blyth. (17). Descr. 

 S. E., III., 77. 



(Karen Sills, Earns.) Thatone ; Kyouk-nyat; Meeta Myo ; Bankasoon; 

 Malewoon. 



Found throughout the province, but rare, except in the south. 



[This little Barbet occurs throughout Tenasserim, wherever 

 there is any evergreen forest, and even in cultivated land near 

 this, and I have seen it actually in the town of Moulmein. It 

 is rare, however, in the north, and nearly wanting in the com- 

 paratively dry country between Moulmein and Yea. About 

 Tavoy even it is not common, but becomes so towards the south, 

 and is very abundant indeed everywhere south of Mergui, and 

 on those islands of the Archipelago that I visited. 



It usually perches itself on the very summit of some tall tree, 

 and. keeps calling for hours at a time, and in the forests of the 

 south its call may be heard in many places throughout the day, 

 and is one of the commonest sounds one hears. 



The call (koo-turr, koo-turr) is quite unlike that of Xantholce- 

 ma, and closely approximates to that of Megalcema. It is in fact 

 much more of a Megalcema than a Xantholcema. I have 

 always met with it singly. — W. D.] 



The following are dimensions, &c , recorded in the flesh — 



Males. — Length, 6-25 to 6 9; expanse, lO'O to 11*0; tail 

 from vent, 1-87 to 2-3; wing, 3-0 to 3'3; tarsus, 0*7 to 0*82; 

 bill from gape, 1*0 to 1*1 ; weight, 0'8 to T25 oz. 



Females. — Length, 612 to 6'6 ; expanse, 1O0 to 10-25 ; tail 

 from vent, 1'82 to 2- 12 ; wing, 2'82 to 3"0 ; tarsus, 075 to 076 ; 

 bill from gape, l - 05. 



