XYLOBUCCO SCOLOPACEA
XYLOBUCCO SCOLOPACEUS.
( T H E Y E L L O W - S P E C K L E D B A R B E T .)
Bucco scohpaceus Temm. ; MS.
Barbatula stellata (1843) Fraser ; P. Z. S. p. 4.
„ scohpaceus (1854) Bonap. ; Consp. Vol. Zyg. p. 12.
Xyhbucco scohpaceus (1854) Hartl. ; Cab. Journ. Orn. p. 195.
Barbatula flavisquamata (1855) Verr. ; Cab. Journ. Orn. p. 101.
Megalaima scolopacea (1863) Goffin ; Cat. Mus. Pays-Bas, Bucc. p. 47.
s ( e U a t a (1868) G. K. Gray ; Cat. Brit. Mus. Capit. p. 16.
X. sexibus similibus : minor: supra terricolor, flavipunctatus.
Hab. in Africa occidentali.
Sexes a l i k e ; upper plumage brownish black, irregularly variegated with yellow, duller
on the head, and more brilliant on the lower back and upper tail-coverts; wings and tail
brown, t h e exterior webs finely bordered with yellow; throat pale greenish white; under
surface of a dull yellow colour; the base of the interior web of the quills white; bill
black; iris yellow; legs blackish; bristles black and strong. Length about 4"-75, wing 2"-1,
tail l"-5.
Hab. West Africa. Gold Coast (Nagtglas); Fantee (Sharpe); Dabocrom (Pel); Fernando
Po (Fraser); Calabar, Gaboon (Verreaux); Moonda and Camma Rivers (Du Chaillu).
The Yellow-speckled Barbet is the type of the genus Xylobucco of Bonaparte; there is
only one other species, Du Chaillu's Barbet, which has the forehead red, and the groundcolour
of the back deep purplish blue.
Additional references.—Bucco scohpaceus: Bonaparte (1850), Consp. Av. p. 141. Barbatula stellata: Jardine
(1851), Contr. Orn. p. 155. Xylobucco scohpaceus: Hartlaub (1854), Cab. Journ. Orn. p. 195, no. 4 0 6 ; Verreaux
(1859), P. Z. S. p. 4 ; Sharpe (1871), Cat. Afr. B. p. 15. Megalaima scolopacea: G. It. Gray (1868), Cat. Brit. Mus.
Capit. p. 15.