" Now, first, of the forms of birds which are prevalent throughout the Indian Region, but are entirely wanting in the Australian, we have at once the bulbuls (Ixidae), very characteristic of most parts of Africa and Asia, including the sub-group Phyllornithinae, which is peculiar to the Indian Region; the widely-spread families of barbets (Megalaeminae) and vultures (Vulturidae); and the pheasants (Phasianidae), which attain so great a development in various parts of the Asiatic continent and islands that there must their home be regarded as fixed. [Please select]
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_THE GREAT HIMALAYAN BARBET_ Barbets may be described as woodpeckers that are trying to become toucans. [Please select]
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The finest of all the barbets are the _Megalæmas_. [Please select]
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Barbets are never so happy as when listening to their own voices. [Please select]
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Himalayan barbets go about in small flocks, the members of which call out in chorus. [Please select]
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THE CAPITONIDÆ OR BARBET FAMILY Barbets are tree-haunting birds characterised by massive bills. [Please select]
Barbets are heavily-built birds of medium size, armed with formidable beaks, which they do not hesitate to use for aggressive purposes. [Please select]
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Not so the barbets; they call all the year round; even unfledged nestlings raise up the voices of infantile squeakiness. [Please select]
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