1846.] or Little Known Species of Birds. 13 



I have not seen it from Nepal, Bengal, or any of the eastern countries 

 which are tenanted by B. lineatus. — 3. B. viridis, Gmelin. Much smaller 

 than the preceding : the crown spotless dusky-brown; mere traces of the 

 lineation on the neck, and scarcely any on the breast ; the throat and 

 breast paler than in B. caniceps ; and no whitish specks on the wings. 

 Inhabits the Indian peninsula, and chiefly, I believe, to the southward. — 

 4 ? B. zeylanicus, Gmelin, founded on the " Yellow-checked Barbet" of 

 Brown's Illustrations. This is described (but not figured) to have the 

 " coverts of wings green, with small white spots in the middle of each 

 feather :" hence, Mr. Jerdon has referred to it the B. caniceps; but as 

 the figure is stated to be " more than two-thirds of the size of the living 

 bird," whereas it is but one-third of the linear dimensions of B. 

 caniceps, and but half that of B. viridis, it probably represents a distinct 

 species, approaching the last in size, and with the wing-specks of 

 JB. caniceps. 



Of the other Indian Barbets, two are confined to the Himalaya, B. 

 grandis, Gra., and B. Franklinii, nobis. /. A. S., XI, 167. B. indicus 

 (vel philippensis) is common throughout the country, also in the 

 Tenasserim Provinces, and Sir Stamford Raffles includes it in his list 

 of Sumatran birds ; but I have never seen it from Arracan. B. asiaticus ^.^f £^ JJZ ^^. 

 (the Trogon asiaticus of Latham and Gmelin), vel cyanoGollis, Vieillot, 

 and cyanops, Cuvier, abounds in the Sub- Himalayan region, in Nepal, 

 Bengal, Assam, and Sylhet, but becomes comparatively rare in Arracan, 

 and also in the Indian peninsula. B. barbiculus, Cuv., or a species which 

 agrees sufficiently with the description of this in the Diet. Class., inha- 

 bits Malabar ; though barbiculus is said to be from the Moluccas. I add a 

 description of an Indian specimen, sent on loan by Mr. Jerdon. Length 

 five inches ; of wing three and one- eighth ; and tail an inch and three- 

 eighths ; bill to forehead five-eighths ; and tarse three-quarters of an inch. 

 General colour deep green ; the forehead, around the eyes, and the 

 throat, crimson, the last margined with yellow; occiput and cheeks 

 pale blue. In Arracan, there is further the B. australis, Horsfield, v. 

 gularis, Tern. ; but the crimson of the cheeks, sincipita, and moustaches, 

 seems invariably to be much less brilliant than in Malacca specimens. 



Five species occur commonly in collections from Malacca, (besides the 

 Caloramphus Lathami, v. Megalorhynchus spinosus of Eyton, which is there 

 common) : viz. B. chrysopogon, Tern.; — B. versicolor, Raffles.; — B. armil- 



