MEGALyEMA CYANOTIS. 
(THE BLUE-EARED B A R B E T.) 
Bucco cyanotis 
Megalaima cyanotis 
Xantholcema cyanotis 
(1847) Blyth; J. A. S. B. XVI. p. 405. 
(1849) Blyth ; Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. Benj?. p. 68. 
(1870) Hume ; Ibis, p. 437. 
Nyet-pa-din, Arakan (Blyth). 
M. rostro ad apicem compresso et acuto : viridis : capite vcrsieolori : fronte nigra : regione parotica cserulea. 
Hab. in subregione Indo-sinensi. 
Sexes alike ; body green ; fore part of the crown glossy black, with a sHght greenish 
tinge, hinder part bluish, also slightly glossed with green ; a very distinct eyebrow, ear- 
coverts, and throat bright verditer ; fore part of the malar stripe blackish with a tinge of 
blue ; hind part of the latter, as well as a spot below the eye and another above the ear- 
coverts, scarlet ; rest of the body green, glossed with yellow, especially on the sides of the 
neck and under surface of the body, the lower portion of which is also distinctly washed 
with blue; quills brown, externally margined with grass-green, which is broader on the 
secondaries ; tail dark blue, tinged with green on the upper surface ; bill black ; feet horn- 
brown. 
Hab. Arakan {Phayre) ; Tenasserim {Heifer) ; Tipperah {Irwin). 
This species is very closely allied to M. duvaucelii, which it equals in size, but it is 
nevertheless quite distinct. It may be known from the last-mentioned bird by its bright 
blue ear-coverts and eyebrow, and represents it in the Indo-Chinese subregion. 
Our descriptions and figure are taken from a specimen lent us by Mr. Hume out of his 
private collection, to which it was presented by Mr. Valentine Irwin, who obtained it in 
Tipperah. 
