412 Capt. R. C. Beavan on various Indian Birds. 



quite naked for some days after they are hatched. I preserved 

 them in spirit, as they require examination. The egg is elon- 

 gated and white. 



Dimensions. — J Length 10-5 inches ; tail 3 inches; wing 

 4*62 inches; expanse 15*5 inches; tarsus '88 inch. 



2 Length 10' 12 inches ; tail (worn) 2-75 inches ; wing 4' 75 

 inches; expanse 15"5 inches; tarsus 1 inch. 



Bill pinkish-brown ; orbital skin orange-yellow ; eyelid lighter 

 yellow ; legs dull yellow ; claws greenish horn-colour. 



195. Cyanops asiatica. Blue-throated Barbet. 



Collected at Darjeeling in 1862. The common species about 

 Barrackpore and the neighbourhood of Calcutta, where speci- 

 mens are always procurable. It has not been found hitherto in 

 Maunbhoom. 



196. Cyanops franklini. Golden-throated Barbet. 

 Darjeeling collection, 1862. 



197. XanthoLjEMa indica. Crimson-breasted Barbet. 



Rare about Barrackpore, but so extremely common in Maun- 

 bhoom that its call is heard everywhere, and at all hours ; it 

 is known as " Phoouk bussunt." This species taps trees with 

 its beak. It lays its eggs in a hole in a decayed bough, which 

 it excavates for itself. This fact, more than the search for in- 

 sects, will probably account for its tapping propensities. Breeds 

 in Maunbhoom at the beginning of April. The eggs are ge- 

 nerally three in number, white, and much elongated : length 1 

 inch ; greatest breadth '62 inch. 



A bough was brought to me, which it had excavated and 

 formed into a nest. The length of the hole from aperture to 

 bottom was 7 inches, and its diameter about 3. There was 

 no nest at the bottom, the eggs being laid on the wood, 

 which was hollowed out in an oval shape. It seems always 

 to select the underside of a bough to commence operations on. 



Length 6 to 6*5 inches; wing 3*25 inches; tail 1*5 inches. 

 Bill blackish above, lead-coloured underneath, getting lighter 

 where it meets the yellow plumage of the throat. 



