POGONORHYNCHUS DIADEMATUS.
( T H E C R O W N E D B A R B E T.)
Laimodon diadematvs
Pogonorhjnchus diademalus
(1856) Heugl.; Syst. Uebers. Vog. H". 0 . Afr. p. 47, et Beitr. t. 28. f. 1.
(1861) Heugl.; Ibis, p. 126, pi. 5. fig. 3.
(1863) Goffin ; Mus. Pays-Bas, Bucc. p. 9.
(1864) Heugl.; Orn. X. 0. Mr. tab. xxvii.
(1868) Gray; Cat. Brit. Alus. Capit. p. 4.
P. minor: rostro nigro: fronte rubra: oecipite nigro: gutture toto albo.
Hob. in Africa oricntali.
Sexes alike; forehead and top of the head crimson, upper plumage and a broad line
down the sides of the head and neck black; a stripe above the eye sulphur-yellow, shading
into white down the sides of the occiput and nape; back and wing-coverts irregularly
striped with bright yellow, the rump being almost entirely of that colour; the feathers of
the shoulders broadly edged with white; quills and tail brown, exterior webs narrowly
bordered with bright yellow; under surface entirely white, with a yellowish tinge on the
breast; wing 3", tail 2".
Ilab. Banks of the Bahr-el-Abiad (Heuglin).
" Only found in the wide steppes of the Kitsch negroes, between 7° and 8° north
latitude, on the western bank of the Bahr-el-Abiad. It is common on high trees, especially
in the colossal sycamores. Its food consists of insects, berries, and fruit; it has a loud and
lively note." (Ileugtin, 1. c.)
This very rare species was first described by Von Heuglin; he has given two figures of