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4. TricholaBma lachrymosum. 



Tricholsema lachrymosa, Cab. J. f. O. 1878, pp. 205, 240 ; Bohm, 

 J.f. O. 1883, p. 167; Schalow,'f. c. p. 340; Fischer, Zeitschr. (/es. 

 Orn. i. p. 371 (1884) ; id. J.f. O. l88o, p. 125 ; Reichen. J. f. O. 

 1887, p. 59. 



Pogonorhynclms lachrymosus, Shelley, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 42. 



Tricholffima lachrymosum, Shelley, ibis, 1889, p. 476. 



Adult male. Similar to T. mehinocephrtlum and equally black, 

 but distinctly and numerously spotted with black underneath, the 

 spots being terminal and ovate in shape : " bill and feet black ; iris 

 brown" {&'. A. Fischer): "iris clear grey " (i2. Bohm). Total 

 length 4-8 inches, culmen 0*65, wing 2*7, tail l-o, tarsus 0-7. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in colour. Total length 5-5 

 inches, culmen 0-65, wing 2'6, tail 1-8, tarsus 0*6. 



Hah. From the Zanzibar district of Eastern Africa to Equatorial 

 Africa. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Kitui, Ukamba, June. Dr. Hildebrandt [C.l. 



b. S ad. sk. Simbaveni, Aug. 11 {Dr. R. Shelley Coll. 



Fiolnn). 



c. </. d"; e. 2 Wadelai, July. Emin Pasha [P.]. 



ad. sk. 



5. Tricholsema affine. (Plate IT. fig. 2.) 



Pogonorhvnchus affinis, Shelley, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 680 ; Sharpe, ed. 



Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 811 (1884). 

 Tricholaema afBne, Shelley, Ibis, 1887, p. 476. 



Adult female (type of species). Similar to T. melanocephalum, and 

 with no crimson on the forehead, but larger, with the yellow spots 

 on the back smaller, and having the sides of the body longitudinally 

 spotted with black. Total length 5-S inches, culmen 0-65, wing 

 3*lo, tail 1-8, tarsus Owo. 



Hab. South-eastern Africa. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Weenen, Natal, March 15 ( TT. ^rnoW). Shelley Coll. 



(Type of species.) 



b. S ad. sk. Hopetown (T. C. Ahnore). "Sharpe Coll. 



6. Tricholaema leucomelan. 



Le Barbu de I'isle de Lu^on, Sonnerat, Voy. Xouv. Gain. p. 68, pi. 34 



(1776). 

 Le Barbu a gorge noire, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vii. p. 103 (1780, ex 



Sonn.) ; Levaill. Barhus, ii. pp. 66, 68, 71, pis. 29, 30, 31 (1806). 

 lie Barbu a plastron noir, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vii. p. 104 (1780). 

 Le Barbu du Cap de Bouue Esperance, Daitbent. PL Enl. vii. pi. 688. 



fig. 3. 

 Black-throated Barbet,i«^A. Gen. Syn. i. pt. 2, p. 501 (1782). 

 Bucco leucomelas, Bodd. Tabl. PI. Enl. p. 43 (1783). 

 Trogou luzonensis. Scop. Del. Fl. et Faun. Inxiibr. ii. p. 89 (1786). 

 Bucco niger, Gm. Sys/. Nat. i. p. 407 (1788) ; Stepke?is in Shaw's Gen. 



Zool. ix. p. 30 (1815) ; Vieill. N. Diet. d'Kist. Nat. iii. p. 242 



(1816). 



