POGONORHYNCÏÏUS MELANOCEPHALUS.
( T H E A B Y S S I N I A N B A R B E T .)
Pogonias mclanocephalus
„ bifrenatus .
„ melanocejjhalus
Laimodon bifrenatus.
Pogonias bifrenatus
Laimodon bifrenatus
Loemodon melanocephalus
Pogonorhynclius bifrenatus
„ melanocepiialus
(1827) Rüpp.; Atl. t. 28. fig. a, p. 41.
(1828) Ehrenb.; Symb. Phys. t. 8. fig. 2.
(1852) Sclat.; Contr. Ornith. p. 126.
(1846) Gray; Gen. of B. II. p. 429.
(1854) Bonap.; Consp. Vol. Zyg. p. 12.
(1854) Hartl.; Journ. f. Orn. p. 197.
(1857) Hartl.; Syst. Orn. W. Afr. p. 171.
(1859) Verr.; P. Z. S. p. 396.
(1859) Heugl.; Ibis, p. 343.
(1861) Heugl.; Ibis, p. 124.
(1863) Goffin ; Mus. P.-B. Bucc. p. 10.
(1868) Gray; Cat. Brit. Mus. p. 4.
P. sexibus similibus : minor : rostro nigro : capite guttureque nigris.
I lab. in Africa.
Sexes a l i k e ; head, neck, throat, and centre of breaBt black; a narrow stripe over the
eye, extending down the sides of the neck, and a moustachial streak snow-white; upper
plumage dark brown, irregularly striped with sulphur-yellow, more so on the rump;
exterior webs of the greater wing-coverts, quills, and tail bordered with the same colour;
the tertiaries have the exterior webs margined with white; under surface white; the
black of the throat comes down to a point on the breast, and some of the feathers have
t h e shafts extended slightly beyond the webs; bill, legs, and feet black; wing 2""65,
tail l"-75 in dried specimens.
Hab. Abyssinia (Riippell, Heuglin); Angola (Henderson).
This species was first described by Buppell in 1827. In general plumage it is similar