seldom climbs like a Nuthatch, is not easy in its movements, having a short, quick,
noisy, and jerky flight. It appears to breed in natural holes, or in ones made by itself;
at least I have seen it several times go out of holes in the branches and fissures of old
stems. Its food consists of insects, larva? of Cerambyx, and ants. I have also found
vegetable remains in the stomach."
We are indebted to t h e kindness of Professor Barboza du Bocage for the loan of the
specimen of this Barbet, from which our description and figure have been taken. It was
obtained by Riippell during his voyage in Abyssinia in 1834, and is now in the Lisbon
Museum.
