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.