MEGALiEMA FRANKLINIL 
(THE SIEVE RED-EARED BARBET.) 
Bucco franlclinii . 
(1842) Blyth ; Journ. As. Soc. XI. p. 167. 
(1844) Hodgs. in J. E. Gray’s Zool. Misc. p. 85. 
(1846) G. It. Gray ; Gen. of B. II. p. 430. 
(1856) Horsf. & Moore ; Cat. of B. II. p. 643. 
Nepal {Hodgson). 
Nepal {Hodgson). 
„ igniceps 
Cyanops franlclinii 
Ban Iasi . 
BagTi basi . 
M. sexibus similibus : viridis : gutture aurantiaco : fronte coceinea. 
Hab. in subregione Himalayana orientali. 
Sexes alike ; body green ; lores and forehead scarlet ; top of the head and a spot at the 
black ; cheeks, ear-coverts, and throat silvery grey ; upper plumage green, the feathers of 
the back broadly edged with 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. 
Hab. 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. — Bucco franlclinii: Blytb (1846), Jonrn. As. Soc. p. 13. Megalaima franlclinii: Gray 
(1846), Cat. Birds of Nepal {Hodgson), p. 114 ; Goffin (1863), Mus. Pays-Bas, Bncc. p. 20 ; G. E. Gray (1868), Cat. 
Brit. Mus. Capit. p. 8. Cyanops franlclinii, Jerdon (1862), Birds of India, no. 196 ; Beavan (1864), Ibis, p. 412 ; 
Bulger (1869), Ibis, p. 157. 
base of the lower mandible golden-orange ; above the eye and sides of the head and neck 
