656 Birds in the Museum of the Asiatic Society. [No. 1 16. 



The Indian Barbet is one of the most common birds of India, often 

 congregating in small flocks. One of them is generally perched on 

 the top of the highest tree and nods his head, and cries " buck, buck, 

 buck," every time with the most indefatigable perseverance for hours 

 together. From this cry the generic name was probably taken. 

 It feeds upon seeds, is a social good tempered little fellow, and flies 

 like a lump of a bird, as it is, in short jerks high in the air, though to 

 no great distance at once. 



129. Genus Picus, Lin. 

 Sp. Picus Viridis. — Green Woodpecker. 

 Green Woodpecker. Lath. Gen. Hist. III. 345. Steph. Shaw's 

 Zool. IX. 183. 



130. Picus Macei. Cuv. 

 Common in most parts of India. 



131. Picus . 



132. Picus Erythrocephalus. 



133. Picus Torquatus. 

 Chinese collection. 



Lewis's Wood-pecker, Lath. Gen. Hist. III. 376. 

 Picus Torquatus. Wilson Amer. Orn. I. Steph. Shaw's Zool. 

 XIV. 164. 



Is this a young bird of the P. Torquatus ? 



134. Picus . 



Chinese collection. 



136. Picus Tiga. — Tiga Woodpecker. 



Picus Tiga. Horsf. Trans. Lin. Soc. XIII. 177. 

 Tiga Wood-pecker. Lath. Gen. Hist. III. 416. 



136. Genus Colaptes, Swainson. 

 Col. (?) Rufus. 

 Presented by Mr. C. W. Smith, and mounted in the Museum. The 

 specimen was purchased among others in a collection from Java. 



137. Colaptes . 



Presented by Mr. C. W. Smith, and mounted in the Museum ; also 

 in the Java collection. 



I cannot find this species in any work, is it new ? 



