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in the much inferior development of the crimson gorget, which is little 

 more than indicated ; in the black of the moustaches and ear-coverts 

 being replaced by dull verditer, that of the crown being also consider- 

 ably less developed ; and in the abdominal region and lower tail-coverts 

 being uniform streaklcss pale green, more or less faintly tinged with 

 verditer : the feathers of the upper-parts, also, are margined with dull 

 verditer, instead of yellowish ; and the nasal bristles are yellow at their 

 extreme base. 



4. B. malabaricus, nobis. In XV, 13, I referred a small Barbet, 

 from Malabar, sent on loan by Mr. Jerdon, to B. barbiculus, Cuv., as 

 it agreed with the description of that Molucca species in the Diet. 

 Class. ; but in Griffith's brief notice of B. barbiculus (' An. Kingd.' VII, 

 469), "a yellow post-ocular spot" is mentioned, which, conjointly with 

 the difference of habitat, induces me now to consider the Malabar 

 species as distinct. From my description of the latter {Joe. cit.), it 

 would appear to differ only from B. rubricapillus of Ceylon, in having 

 the throat and around the eyes crimson, instead of orange-yellow ; the 

 crimson of the throat comprehending the slight crimson gorget of B. 

 rubricapillus, and being there bordered with yellow, alike in both 

 species. 



5. B. barbiculus, Cuv. Inhabits the Moluccas. 



6. B. cyanotis, nobis. In XV, 13, I remarked that — " In Arracan, 

 there is further the B. australis, Horsf. (v. gularis, Tern.) ; but the 

 crimson of the cheeks, sincipita, and moustaches, seems invariably to 

 be much less brilliant than in Malacca specimens." The close simi- 

 litude of some of the preceding races has induced me to look more 

 particularly to the differences of the two referred to in the above pas- 

 sage ; and I have found a good distinguishing character in the Arracan 

 bird having constantly the ear- coverts of the same verditer-blue as 

 the throat, while the Malacca bird has invariably black ear-coverts 

 slightly tipped with verditer : but the crimson spots are so much weaker 

 in the present species that the two may always be distinguished at a 

 glance. 



7 . B. trimaculatus (?), Gray, mentioned in Ey ton's list of Malacca 

 birds, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 105 : B. australis of Raffles' s list of Sumatran 

 birds, and hence apud nos, XV, 14 ; but not of Dr. Horsfield's Javanese 

 list. This is distinguished from B. australis by having no yellow about 



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