Rosinson & Kioss:: Birds of West Sumatra. 257 
Iris sepia or greyish brown, orbitals purplish crimson, 
bill black, lower mandible greyish or brownish at base, feet 
pinkish “ minium,” claws black. 
Wings, 6 75, 75, 76, 76, 77, 77, 78; 2 74 mm. 
The call, sounding like some hammering note, is 
repeated incessantly. When calling the bird perches on a 
dead or bare twig, by preference on the top of a tree. It 
frequents open country, plantations, villages and towns, 
but is never seen in the forest. 
The males considerably outnumber the females. 
Of a series of twenty-one examples I obtained, only 
five were females. 
138. Psilopogon pyrolophus S. Mull. 
Rede Kee leyps 143: 
é juv. Balun, Muara Labu, Padang Highlands, 
480 M. 
6 subad. Koto Tua, Mt. Singgalang, Padang High- 
lands, 1000 M. 
2. Fort de Kock, Padang Highlands, 920 M. 
2. Baso, Agam, Padang Highlands, 900 M. 
g. Tanangtalu, Ophir Districts, 1000 M. 
, 2. Mt Talamau, Ophir Districts, 1200-1300 M. 
é. Air Serasah, Talamau, Ophir Districts, 1850 M. 
36,22. Rimbo Pengadang, Lebong, Bencoolen, 
1000 M. 
6. Suban Ajam, Mt. Kaba, Bencoolen,. 1200 M. 
26. Air, Njuruk, Mt. Dempu, Palembang, 1400 M. 
Iris brownish crimson, bill sage green with a median 
vertical brownish black bar, feet yellowish olive, soles 
yellowish, claws blackish. 
The young males have a very small frontal crest and, 
like females, lack a crimson patch on the occiput. 
Wings, ¢ 114, 116 juv., 117, 120, 120, 121, 123, 123, 
IQA. 125mm: : 9) 1s, 107, 119) 120, 221 nim. 
This species is very common from about 900 M. up to 
about 1500 M., but is met still higher up the mountains in 
isolated pairs. The highest altitude at which I found it is 
1850 M. It occurs in old forest, secondary jungle and in 
plantations, also near villages, but never in towns. Its 
habits are described by Robinson and Kloss (p. 144). I 
never found anything but fruit in its stomach. 
Its call notes are quite different from that of the other 
barbets. 
Besides whistling notes, the bird produces also a 
grating sound, which is nearly the same as the chirping 
noise emitted by one of the big singing Cicadidae. 
