POGONOBHYNCHÜS ABYSSINICUS.
( T H E B L A C K - B E L L I E D B A R B E T .)
Phytotoma abyssinien
Bucco saltii
Pogonias rubrifrons
Phytotoma tridaetyla
Pogonias brucei .
Laimodon saltii.
Pogonias saltii .
Pogonorhynchns saltii
,, abyss
(1801) Lath.; Ind. Orn. Suppl. p. xlix.
(1814) Stanl.; Salt, Trav. Abyss. App. p. 4.
(1823) Swains.; Zool. III. pl. 68.
(1827) "Wagl. Syst. Av. spec. 4.
(1801) Daud.; Tr. d'Orn. II. p. 366.
(1837) Rüpp.; P. Z. S. p. 50.
(1846) G. lt. Gray; Gen. of Birds, II. p. 428.
(1857) Hartl.; Syst. Orn. W. Afr. p. 170.
(1861) Heugl.; Ibis, p. 123.
(1863) Goffin ; Mus. Pays-Bas, Bucc. p. 5.
(1868) Gray; Cat. Brit. Mus. Capit. p. 3.
P. minor, rostro nigro, supra niger, capite gutturequc coctineis.
Hah. in parte septentrionali Africa? orientalis.
Sexes alike; general plumage black; feathers of the head indistinctly tipped with
red; a broad streak over the eye, face, throat, and breast scarlet; wing-coverts broadly
edged with greyish white; quills brown, inner web pale yellowish at base; primaries
finely edged on the exterior web with white; secondaries and tertiaries bordered with
sulphur-yellow, shading into white towards the t i p s ; bill black. Wing 3"-2, tail 2".
Hal. Abyssinia (Riippell); Dongolo (Blanford); Bogos-land, Bejook, Waliko, Gabenaweldt
Gonfallon (Jesse).
This species most resembles P. torquatus in colouring—but cannot be mistaken for it,
on account of the black upper plumage, which is mottled grey in P. torquatus. Dr. Riippell,
in a letter to the Zoological Society in 1837, identifies this bird with Phytotoma tridactyla
Additional references.—Bncco saltii: Latham (1822), Gen. Hist. III. p. 238; Riippell (1837), P. Z. S. p. 50.
Pogonias bnu-ei, Riippell (1835), Wirb. Av. t. 20. f. 1. Laimodon saltii: Verrcaux (1859), P. Z. S. p. 396 j Bonaparte
(1854), Consp. Volucr. Zygod. p. 12. Pogonorhynchus abyssinieus: Blanf. Abyss, p. 309.