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, 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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