CALOEAMPHUS LATHAMI.
("THE BROWN BARBET.)
Ilucco ïuthami
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Megalorh yneh us sp in os us
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Caloramphus lathami .
Psilopus hayii
Jfegalorhynchus lathami
Caloramphus fuliginosus
Caloramphus hayii
Ariko, Berine, Malacca (Eyton).
Ampis, Sumatra (Raffles).
Unkot, Besea, Penang.
(1822) Raffles, Linncan Transactions X I I I , 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) Blytli, J. A. S-, Bengal, vol. XV, p. 12.
(1863; Goffin, Museum, Pays-bas, Buccones, p. 73.
(1868) Gray, Catalogue of the British Museum, Capit. p. 19.
C. supra hete terricolor, gutture rufescente, subtus pallide flaviscenti-albo suffuse
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 t h e 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 commonest
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. fuliffi?iosus of Temminck, the Bornean v a r i e t y ; 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