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Its cries are the same as those of the genus Megalcema, and bear no 

 resemblance to the notes uttered by Cyanops asiatica^ Cyanops lineata, 

 etc., and I fully believe that it should not be placed in this genus. 

 It is a very plaintive cry and can be heard at long distances, sounding' 

 something like '^ wai-yu," the accent and dwelling being on the second 

 syllable. I have never heard it utter any sound like " kok" (Hume, 

 S. F., Vol. XI., p. 68), which conveys a metallic, resonant impression 

 to the ear, quite unlike the mournful wails which this bird utters. 



It does not seem to mind much in what sort of situation it breeds as 

 long as the forest is dense ; but, again like Megalcema, its burrows are 

 nearly always short ones, sometimes only entrances made into natural 

 hollows. The nest-hole is made at some height between six and twelve 

 feet from the ground. 



They lay three eggs as a rule, sometimes only two and, very rarely, 

 four, and I once took five. 



The eggs in my collection measure 1-32" X*82", 1'32" X -78" and 

 1-26" X -85" ; another pair 1-14" X '82", and TIS" X -81" ; and a 

 third pair I'l?" X '82" and 1'16" X -81". These are all I have 

 measured, the others I have taken having been given away without 

 my retaining any notes on them. 



It is a very shy bird and a very cute one, so that, though so common 

 in some places, it is very hard to get within shot of ; and I have but 

 few specimens in my collection, and of these, all but one were trapped 

 on their eggs.* 



Of course, the structure of this bird is not that of the genus 

 Megalcema^ and if removed from Cyanops, a new genus would have to 

 be created for it, 



(398) Cyanops caniceps.' — Franklin's Green Barbet. 

 Hume, No. 19^; Blanford, No. 1008. 



A very rare bird indeed, as far as I know, both in Cachar and 

 Sylhet. Hume does not appear to have met with it anywhere up 

 here, but there is a specimen from Manipur in the British Museum. 

 I have had one or two birds sent me up from the plains, and I have 

 seen one in, the hills, and tliink I have heard it oq one or two other 

 occasions. 



* Since writing the above, I have had numerous specimens brought to me, trapped in the 

 manner akeady described as that in which M. marshalloruin is snared;fR. 352, ante. 



