, 148.5 gm., August 8, 1962, MCT 2741;
[Male], June 23, 1963, ADG 155; [Female], May 25, 1963, ADG 109. Tiger
Estate: [Male], November 25, 1962, MCT 3324.
Next to the Brown Barbet, this was perhaps the most common barbet
at the Cocoa Research Station and was often the only bird heard in
the heat of the day. On three occasions birds were observed
clinging to the side of a tree as a woodpecker might, pecking away
at dead wood. This species was seen both in the cocoa and primary
forest.
_=Megalaima mystacophanes mystacophanes=_ (Temminck): Gaudy
Barbet.--_Specimens_, 8: Cocoa Research Station: [Female], 60.3 gm.,
July 25, 1962; [Male] testis 8 x 5 mm., 79.2 gm., August 9, 1962, MCT
2749; [Male] testis 9 x 5 mm., September 1, 1962, MCT 2845; [Female],
September 25, 1962, MCT 2950; [Female], April 30, 1963, ADG 88. 12 mi. N
Kalabakan: [Male], October 20, 1962, MCT 3103. 5.5 mi. SW Tenom: [Male]
testis 8 x 6 mm., December 25, 1962, MCT 3530; [Female], December 25,
1962, MCT 3537.
This common bird lived in the secondary and primary forest and
cocoa. I saw it at all localities. At least two calls were given by
this species. One was a simple _took_ with a long pause between
calls; the other was as described by Smythies (1960:323).
The birds fed from high in trees down to nearly ground level. This
species like _M. chrysopogon_, clung to the sides of trees and
pecked at dead wood.
_=Megalaima australis duvauceli=_ (Lesson): Little Barbet.--_Specimens_,
3: Cocoa Research Station: [Male] testis 7 x 5 mm., 35.2 gm., August 1,
1962, MCT 2692; [Male] testis 9 x 5 mm., August 1, 1962, MCT 2699;
[Female] ovary granular, 33.0 gm., August 1, 1962, MCT 2704.
I was unable to make detailed observations on this species. All
specimens were taken from a high feeding tree, where it was
impossible to identify them before hand.
_=Indicator archipelagicus=_ Temminck: Malaysian
Honey-guide.--_Specimens_, 2: Cocoa Research Station: [Female] ovary
minute, 29 November 1962, MCT 3394. Tenom: [Male] testis 3 x 2 mm.,
January 5, 1963, MCT 3580.
The specimen from the Cocoa Research Station was taken in a net in
the cocoa and the Tenom bird was taken in a net in the middle of
Tenom, both in garden areas. These two specimens differ in
coloration from Bornean birds in the U. S. National Museum; I think
the difference results from "foxing"
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