in the great Museums of Europe, as far as vve are able to find out. We were fortunate in 
obtaining one from Mr. T. C. Eyton. 
Dr. Jerdon, in his 4 Birds of India,’ gives the following account of it: — 
“ This Barbet is only found in parts of the Malabar forests. I have met with it rarely 
in the Wynaad, and at one or two localities near the summit of the Western Ghats in 
Mysore. I have had it also from the Travancore hills. Its call is similar to that of 
X. indica , but rather lower and deeper in its tone.” 
The original description was given by Mr. Blyth in the ‘Journal of the Asiatic Society 
of Bengal ’ for 1846 ( l . c.). 
No previous figure of this bird exists; our description and Plate are taken from 
Mr. 'I. C. Eyton’s specimen. 
