P O G O N O R H Y N C H U S B I D E N T A T US
POGONORHYNCHUS BIDENTATUS.
( T H E R E D -W I N G E D B A R B E T .)
Buceo bidentatus
Le peut Barbican
1'ogonia loevirostris .
Pogonius le Vaillantii
Buceo liiiconotus
Le Barbu à dos blanc
minor
„ loevirostris.
Laimodon bidentatus
Pogonias bidentatus .
Laimodon loevirostris
Pogonorhynchus bidentatus
(1798) Shaw ; Nat. ilisc. pi. 393.
(1806) Le VaM.; Barbus, pi. A.
(1815) Leach; Zool. Misc. pi. 77. t. 17.
(1815) Leach; Zool. Misc. pi. 117.
(1816) Vieill.; N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. III. p. 242.
(1816) Vieill.; N. Diet, d'Hist. Nat. III. p. 242.
(1817) Cuvier; liègn. An. I. p. 428.
(1829) Cuvier; Règn. An. I. p. 457.
(1846) G. It. Gray; Gen. of Birds, I I . p. 428.
(1854) Bonap.; Consp. Av. I. p. 145.
(1856) Heugl.; Syst. Ueb. Vög. N. 0 . Afr. p. 47.
(1861) Heugl.; Ibis, p. 123.
Akoho of the natives of Ibadan {Hinderer).
P. major, rostro flavicante: sexibus similibus: suprá niger, dorso imo albo, gutture pectoreque toto eoccineis.
Hab. in Africa occidcntali.
Sexes alike; upper surface shining black; head indistinctly striped with r e d ; a broad
transversal band of rich red on the greater wing-coverts; quills brown, paler at the base of
the inner web; a large white spot on the lower back; under surface rich red, flanks and
under the wings snow-white; thighs and under tail-coverts shining black; bill doubletoothed,
pale yellowish, bristles black; hides purple, orbital skin orange; legs and feet
yellow with a rufous tinge; wing S"-7, tail 2" 8.
Hab. Western Africa. Fantee (Ussher); Ibadan (Hinderer); Senegal, Guinea, Gaboon
(Verreaux).
Additional references.—Bucco le Vaillantii: Vieillot (1816), N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. IV. p. 243. Le Barbu le
Vaillant: Vieillot (1816), N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. IV. p. 243. Pogonias bidentatus: Hartlaub (1857), Syst. Orn. W.
Afr. p. 170 ; Verreaux (1859), P. Z. S. p. 394 ; Gurney (1859), Ibis, I. p. 153. Pogonorhynchus bidentatus : Goffin
(1863), Cat. Mus. Pays Bas, Bucconcs, p. 3 ; G. It. Gray (1868), Cat. Brit. Mus. Capit. p. 2 ; Sharpe (1869), Ibis,
p. 193. Pogonias loevirostris : Wagler (1827), Svst. Av. No. 2.