CALOKAMPHUS LATH AML 
(THE BROWN BARBET.) 
Bucco lathami 
,, hayii 
Megalo-rhynchus spinosus 
,, hay ii . 
Caloramphus lathami . 
Psilopus hayii 
Megalorliynchus lathami 
Caloramphus fuliginosus 
Caloramphus hayii 
Ariko , Berine, Malacca (Eyton). 
Ampis, Sumatra (Raffles). 
TJnkot, Besea, Penang. 
(1822) Raffles, Linncan Transactions XIII, p. 284. 
(1831) Gray, Zoological Miscellany, p. 33. 
(1839) Eyton, Proceedings Zoological Society, p. 106. 
(1840) Gray, Genera of Birds II, p. 431. 
(1841) „ „ „ p. 69. 
(1850) Bonaparte, Conspectus Avium I, p 141. 
(1846) Blyth, J. A. S., Bengal, vol. XY, p. 12. 
(1863) Goffin, Museum, Pays-bas, Buccones, p. 73. 
(1868) Gray, Catalogue of tbe British Museum, Capit. p. 19. 
C. supra lsete terricolor, gutture rufescente, subtus pallide flaviscenti-albo suffuso. 
Hab. In regione Indo-Malayana. 
Description. Upper parts dark earthy brown ; the shafts of the feathers of the head 
stiff and elongated about an eighth of an inch beyond the webs, black ; sides of the face 
rufous brown, chin and throat pale rufescent brownish ; the rest of the under parts dirty 
yellowish white. 
Bill dark horn colour in the adult bird, paler, especially at the base, in the young; feet 
pale yellow. 
Tail short; second, third and fourth quills sub-equal and longest. 
Inhabits the Malayan Peninsular and Sumatra ; in the latter place it is one of the com- 
monest birds, though on account of its dull plumage it has escaped the attention of mere 
collectors, and but little is recorded of its habits. It has been treated by many of the 
recent authors as identical with C. fuliginosus of Temminck, the Bornean variety ; but the 
inspection of a large series of skins, has convinced us that the latter is a distinct species, 
having a; separate geographical distribution. In this we are born out by the observations of 
