X Y L O B U C C O D U C H A I L L U I , 1 a d 2 j u v .
X . Y L 0 B U C C 0 D U C H A I L L U I.
( D U CHAILLU'S BARBET.)
Barbatula duchaillui
Barbatula formota
Pogonias duchaillui
Buccanodon duchaillui
Megalaima duchaillui
( 1 8 5 5 ) Cass. P r o c . A c a d . P h i l . , p . 3 2 4 .
( 1 8 6 9 ) S h a r p e , I b i s , p . 1 9 3 .
( 1 8 5 5 ) V e r r . R e v . o t M a g . d e Z o o l . , p . 2 1 3 , p i . 5 .
( 1 8 5 7 ) H a r t l . O r n . W e s t a f r . , p . 1 7 1 .
( 1 8 5 9 ) V e r r . P . Z . S . , p . 3 9 7 .
( 1 8 6 2 ) G o f T i n i n S c h l . M u s . P a y s B a s Buccones, p . 3 9 .
( 1 8 6 8 ) G r a y C a t . C a p i t . B r i t . M u s . , p . 1 3 .
X . soxibus 8imillibus: piloo c o c c i n e o : capite postico n u c h a d o r s o q u o p u r p u r a s c e u t i - n i g r i s , hoc flavo
p u n c t a t i s : c o r p o r e s u b t u s flavo t r a u s f a s c i a t o.
Hab. In Africa occidentali.
Adult. Crown of t h e head brilliant crimson, nape deep purplish-blue unspotted;
upper part of t h e back, scapulars, and wing-coverts, deep purplish-blue spotted with chromeyellow
; lower part of t h e back, rump, and upper tail-coverts black, thickly banded with
chrome-yellow; greater wing-coverts black, edged with chrome; quills brown, white at
the base, secondaries edged externally with chrome; tail blackish-brown above, pale brown
underneath; a superciliary stripe extending down the sides of t h e neck chrome; throat, cheeks,
and ear-coverts deep purplish-blue; rest of the under surface black, thickly marked with
broad transverse bands of chrome; bill black ; legs and feet pale plumbeous ; irides brown.
Young. Similar to the adult, but wanting the crimson head; the black is less lustrous,
the yellow paler, and t h e whole plumage duller than in the old bird ; bill yellow tipped
with black.
Hab. West Africa: Moonda River (Du Chaillu); Gaboon ( Verreaux); Fantee (Sharpe).
This handsome little Barbet was originally described by t he late Mr. Cassin in 1855