102 FASCICULI MALATENSES 



133. Mesobucco duvauceli (Less.) 



Mesobucco duvauceli, Bonhote, p. 73. 



9imm. Bukit Besar, Nawngchik. 1 6th May. (No. 96) 



$ ad. Sungkei, South Perak. 11th February. (No. 650) 



The Black-eared Barbet has the iris dark brown, the bill black, and the 

 feet plumbeous. 



134. Thereiceryx hodgsoni, (Bonap.) 

 Cyanops lineata (Vieill.) ; Bonhote, p. 73. 

 Thereiceryx lineatus hodgsoni, Hartert, p. 546. 



$ ad. Patani. 10th June. (No. 176) 

 Hodgson's Barbet has the iris hazel, the bare orbital skin orange-yellow 

 the bill orange-brown, and the feet pale gamboge-yellow. 



135. Cyanops mystacophanes, (Temm.) 

 Cyanops mystacophanes, Bonhote, p. 73. 



$ , $ad. et. imm. Bukit Besar, Nawngchik. 2,500 feet. March, May, August, and September. 



(Nos. 38, 41, 43, 53, 72, 84, 98, 349, 363, 372) 



$ ad. et. imm. Biserat, Jalor. 9th and 1 8th July. 



(Nos. 259, 270, 290) 



The Gaudy Barbet has the iris brown, the bill black, and the feet 

 greenish-yellow. 



136. Cyanops henricii, (Temm.) 

 Cyanops henricii, Bonhote, p. 72. 



$ ad. Jeram Kawan, South Perak. 15th February. (No. 668) 



In Henrici's Blue-throated Barbet the iris is brown, the bill black, and 

 the feet plumbeous-green. 



4 The habits of all the Barbets are very similar, and what is said of one 

 will equally apply to most of the others. With the exception of Xantholaema 

 haematocephala and Mesobucco duvauceli which are frequently found in orchards, 

 and Thereiceryx hodgsoni which inhabits the coastal belt, they are usually 

 inhabitants of old jungle, though, when certain trees, more especially figs, are 

 in fruit, they may be found in the environs of villages. The peculiar clanking 

 calls which are so characteristic a sound in Malay forests, are probably referable 

 to Barbets, but it is difficult to say with certainty, as the birds invariably 

 become silent when the tree in which they are feeding is approached. They 

 are shy and retiring and exceedingly difficult to localize among the branches, 

 notwithstanding their gaudy colours.' 



