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MCT 3436. These barbets were common at the Cocoa Research Station both in secondary forest and cocoa, usually in groups of three or four. They were seen also at Kalabakan where the birds fed in the top of a 100-foot tree in the primary forest. In describing this bird, Smythies (1960:322) said the male's bill is black. The one male that I took had an orange bill and at no time did I observe any black-billed birds at the Cocoa Research Station; this black bill perhaps is a character of the subspecies _C. f. fuliginosus_. _=Megalaima henrici brachyrhyncha=_ Neumann: Yellow-crowned Barbet.--_Specimens_, 3: Cocoa Research Station: [Female], 72.8 gm., August 1, 1962, MCT 2696; [Male] testis 5 x 4 mm., 83.2 gm., August 2, 1962, MCT 2705; [Male] testis 6 x 5 mm., 73.7 gm., August 2, 1962, MCT 2706. This barbet was common at the Cocoa Research Station and its call could be heard at any time of day until dusk. Smythies (1960:324) described this call as _took-took-took-took-trrrroook_. All birds of this species that I watched and listened to, however, were calling thus: _trrrroook-took-took-took-took_. The number of _tooks_ varies, but is generally four and can be as high as seven. This species was heard at all stations on the east coast. At Kalabakan, one was heard calling all day long from the top of a 70-foot tree. Comparison of my specimens with those in the U. S. National Museum revealed that _M. h. brachyrhyncha_ was readily distinguishable from the nominate race by measurements. The average length of bill in my specimens was 23 mm., whereas the average length in two specimens from Sumatra and Siam in the U. S. National Museum was 27 mm. The Bornean specimens differ also in having the blue patch on the head larger and darker than in _M. h. henrici_. _M. h. brachyrhyncha_ certainly seems to be a valid race on the basis of the available specimens. _=Megalaima chrysopogon chrysopsis=_ Goffin: Gold-whiskered Barbet.--_Specimens_, 10: Cocoa Research Station: [Female] largest ovum 2 mm., 164.4 gm., July 21, 1962, MCT 2627; [Male] testis 6 x 3 mm., 156.0 gm., August 1, 1962, MCT 2697; [Female], 177.2 gm., August 1, 1962, MCT 2701; [Male] testis 3 x 2 mm., 172.6 gm., August 2, 1962, MCT 2717; ?, 182.2 gm., August 2, 1962, MCT 2718; [Female], 181.5 gm., MCT 2721; [Male] testis 10 x 8 mm.
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