in the great Museums of Europe, as far as we are able to find out. We were fortunate in
obtaining one from Mr. T. C. Eyton.
Dr. Jerdon, in his ' Birds of India,' gives the following account of i t :—
" 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 (I. c).
No previous figure of this bird exists; our description and Plate are taken from
Mr. T. C. Eyton's specimen.
