Barbets of North-Eastern Africa, published in the Ibis for 1861 (I.e.). A plate accompanied
t h e description, but it is a very inferior one. He states that it is " common on the banks
" of the upper Bahr-el-Abiad, among the foliage of the high trees ; the stomachs of speci-
" mens obtained were full of berries, wild figs, and insects. The faces of the birds were
" in several instances stained yellow with the juice of the berries thev had been eating."
The first naturalist who sent home specimens of this Barbet was Brun-Rollet. He
obtained them on the White Nile. They were presented to the Turin Museum, but as far
as we can find out no account of their habits was recorded at the time.
The original description from these specimens was given by Defillipi in the " Revue
Zoologique" for 1853 (I.e.).
This Barbet is rare in collections. The description and accompanying plate is taken
from a male belonging t o the Leiden Museum, which Professor Schlegel very kindly lent
t o us and permitted us to take to England for comparison and figuring in this work, an act
of courtesy which can only be fully appreciated by those who know the value of rare specimens."
This identical bird was obtained in Bongo by Von Heuglin.