The present bird was described as P. albiventris by Verreaux in the Proceedings of
the Zoological Society of London for 1859, from an old male specimen from West Africa,
obtained by M. Emile Parzudaki. It had, however, been previously named P. melanopterus
by Professor Peters, of Berlin, from specimens from Mozambique. A pair were brought
from Mombas, in the collection of Von der Decken. On the tickets of these was the
following note:—Length 7""75 ; eyes dark brownish black. Mombas, 20 Sept. 1862.
The White-bellied Barbet is a very rare bird; and, as far as we know, there are no
specimens of it in England. Our Plate and description are copied from those of
M. Verreaux in his paper in the ' Proceedings' c). We have never seen the bird
ourselves.
