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cessant ** twit-twit, twit-twit!" very like the note of an Eng- 
lish nuthatch. Owing to its turning its head from side to side 
are simplified considerably. You put the other gun on the far 
side of the tree and fire three or four shots at hazard into the 
top of it. Then at last the little barbet elects to move, and the 
other man gets a very high snap shot at a diminutive bird fly- 
ing very jerkily away, which he may hit, but is much more likely 
All four birds I have obtained thus have been males. (2.) 
85. Cyanops oorti. (S. -Mill.) 
Common: my specimens were obtained from 2,500 to 4,000 
feet. (4.) 
86. Chotorhea chrysopogon. (Temm.) 
14 Whiskered Barbet. Common: from the foot of the 
hills to over 3000 feet. —(9.) 
87. Calorhamphus hayi. (Gray.) | 
The Brown Barbet. Fairly common. Low country and up 
to 3500 feet; generally in parties ; rather sluggish in its move- 
ments. (4.) 
88. Merops sumatranus, Raffles. 
The Sumatran Bee-eater. 
Flocks of this Bee-eater were met with up to 2000 feet (1.) 
89. Nyctiornis amictus. (Temm. 
The Red-bearded Bee-eater. 
