MEGALiEMA FRANKLINII. 
(THE SILVE RED-EARED B A R B E T.) 
„ igniceps 
Megalmma franklinii 
Cyanops franklinii 
Ban bdsi . 
Bagh hdsi . 
Bv£CO franhlinii . 
(1842) Blyth ; Journ. As. Soc. XI. p. 167. 
(1844) Hodgs. in J. E. Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 85. 
(1846) G. R. Gray ; Gen. of B. II. p. 430. 
(1856) Horsf. & Moore ; Cat. of B. II. p. 643. 
Fepal {Hodgson). 
Nepal {Hodgson). 
M. sexibus similibus : viridis : gutture aurantiaco : fronte coccinea. 
Hah. in subregione Himalayana orientali. 
Sexes alike ; body green ; lores and forehead scarlet ; top of the head and a spot at the 
base of the lower mandible golden-orange ; above the eye and sides of the head and neck 
black ; cheeks, ear-coverts, and throat silvery grey ; upper plumage green, the feathers of 
the back broadly edged M^ith light green; the upper wing-coverts conspicuously washed 
with blue, particularly on the shoulder ; quills brown, inner webs pale yellowish at base ; 
exterior edge of the primaries greenish blue, that of the secondaries darker green, the 
innermost being entirely green; chin golden-yellow; under surface light grass-green; tail 
underneath greenish blue ; bill dusky above, plumbeous below ; irides brown ; feet parrot- 
green. Length 9"-0, wing 3"-75, tail 2"-55. 
Hob. North-eastern India. Nepal and Behar {Hodgson) ; Darjeling {Beavan) ; Sikkim 
{Bulger) ; Tenasserim {Tickell). 
The Silvered-eared Barbet is confined to the North-eastern Himalayan district, but 
Additional references.— 5mcco franklinii : Blyth (1846), Journ. As. Soc. p. 13. Megalaima franklinii : Gray 
(1846), Cat. Birds of Nepal (Hodgson), p. 114 ; Goffln (1863), Mus. Pays-Bas, Bucc. p. 20 ; G. R. Gray (1868), Cat. 
Brit. Mus. Capit. p. 8. Cyanops franklinii, Jerdon (1862), Birds of India, no. 196 ; Beavan (1864), Ibis, p. 412 ; 
Bulger (1869), Ibis, p. 157. 
