giving it a marbled appearance ; belly yelloAvish green, with a blueisb tinge in some 
lights, and striped with brighter green ; bill pale horny brown, with an orange or 
rafescent tinge ; irides clear brown ; legs and naked orbital skin pure yellow. 
Hah. The lower ranges of the Himalaya from the Bramapootra to the Siitlej. 
Nepal {Hodgson), Dehra Doon (coll. nostr.), Kumaon (Strachei/), Dacca {Tytler)., Sikkim Terai 
(Jerdon). 
M. hodgsoni is common along the foot of the Himalayas in the wooded ravines and 
slopes north of the Dehra Doon, but is never found m the Sewaliks which form the 
southern boundary of that valley. In this latter range it is replaced by M. caniceps, the 
" Jungle Barbet " of Jerdon. Neither have we noticed it in the open country of the Doon 
which intervenes, and as this open country separating the two mountain ranges is only 
from eight to twelve miles in width, and interspersed with groves and patches of forest, 
this peculiar local distribution shows strikingly how little these birds are naturally inclined 
to travel. 
Dr. Jerdon says: "This Barbet is found throughout the whole extent of the sub- 
" Himalayan region, not ascending the hills beyond 1,000 or 2,000 feet, and rarely 
" that ; it extends also to Dacca, Eastern Bengal, Assam, Sylhet, the whole Indo- 
" Chinese region, and also it is said Sumatra." In these two latter localities, however, he 
is referring to M.lineata; and in the sub -Himalayan region we have never heard of its 
occurrence west of the watershed between the Jumna and Sutlej. 
This species replaces its congener M. lineata in Continental India, and is apparently 
confined to the Himalayan range. It is very similar to it in plumage, but of larger 
size. It may be distinguished by the broader white stripes, and paler and less defined 
brown edgings to the feathers of the head, neck, and breast. (See M. lineata.) 
The following dimensions and observations were taken by Mr. Brian Hodgson in Nepal. 
Sex. 
Length. 
Expanse. 
Weight. 
Intestines. 
Contents of Stomach. 
NoA'ember. 
11-25 
17 
13"- 
Pulpy berries only. 
10th March. 
11-75 
17 
5-50Z. 
11-5 
16 
4-50Z. 
20th April. 
p 
15"- 
Full of wild seeds. 
20th May. 
? 
Showed signs of moulting; ova small. 
20th January. 
p 
11-75 
17-5 
5-25oz. 
14"-5 
Soft pulpy fruits, with hard kernals. 
30th December. 
12"- 
1,S"- 
6-oz. 
13"- 
Full of pulpy fruits. 
