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With f OVeS ° f treeS ’ they neitller sh y nor difficult to approach Where the 
po ‘S l e l r t t “ h “T, a be a11 thiCkly p0traIate<i , the B “ bets -taw uo die- 
“s sr: and :t 
SrSrSuit S Z a i7 S T 8 the “ ° f SmaU bUSheS an( i underwood, 
resorted to in Asia,’ “LttSS £ 
together in a fig-tree at the fruit-season. They lire in pairs IrinSheT Z „ 
" th ’ ■!' m t 16 T ‘” g ’ l,r "' commence “culting in September. They rarely, if ererfdtsttnd 
food e ~ 10 'i' n r appear t0 move ii° ul tree to tree only when compelled to do so in search of 
ve y slSStt o e f d b w“ ft" 1“ flight " p0Werfu1 ’ but b -vy and undulating, 
is seen in the te of ,h w t ,- CUri ° US instan “ of their disinclination to travel 
Barbet ft , H.malayan hneated Barbet (M. Hodgsont) and the hoary jungle 
thttatfin IT “T C T 8 t be narr ° W Va " ey ° f “ le M “' a ‘ b ough both at 
confined to the valley othe J that the B1 ue-faced Bar-bet (M. asiatica ) is 
there are many other valleys apSttquluyStt' When' “T™ tt0 *® h 
Sit motionless among the foliage near the h r f i h not m P ursuit of f °od, they 
which is so marked 8 a cha ZZZ 2 ^ “» **- *"«** 
sometimes erroneously classed. Their „ n - • i , . f d ’ n & wlilch they have been 
one, two, or three syllables, given out with ext^ 1 7 ^ consists almost al ways of 
day and on a moonlight night when ill eXtia ° rdmary P ower > and “ay be heard at mid- 
species have, in common with the Toucan ° n “ 77 ^ hushecl; some of the American 
when they utter the call. The male aiJ’f “ 7^ ° f jerkm ^ their tail up over their back 
calling-match for about ten minutes, and CLf e^f ^ “ P ^ be 
As far as is known, they all bnilrl y-r.ni y ase ' 
soft or decayed branches ; no lining is needed V tT 68 ’ they make for themselves in 
left at the bottom of a hole; th^“‘ ££ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 
of a Woodpecker; the hole is generally about eight or ten inch! ^ reSemblm ^ that 
with the size of the bird Thev lav three or fo V • n- deeP ’ varyin S’ of course, 
the latter end of April and beginning of May in Northern India ' ? “ m 
dcartl",:^ do not 
ezzjl t by - ers : 
I hen plumage, though very brilliant, is tasteless and too gaudy and th ‘ n 
and ugly ", hich will account for the . r sk . ns ^ hav ; ° be J' r0 Jt , ^ 
w.th winch pretty birds' feathers are generally associated in the mindTof the P ° S1 T 
logical public. unus ot the non-ormtho- 
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