8. BARBATTJLA. 47 



*W^^o?'^/"^'"'P'"""''^' ^"V^"' ^"*- Pays-Bas, Ruccones, p 44 

 (1863); &/•«,/, List Capit. Brit. Mus. p. 15 (1868); id. Hand-l B 

 11. p. 176, no. 8469 (1870). » '» j. ^. 



^cZmZ^ Similar to B. leucolmna, but with brighter sulphur-yellow 

 on the rump and margins of the wing-coverts and (luills It is 

 however easily distinguished by the yellow eyebrow and facial 

 stripe ; the under surface is pale sulphur-yellow, washed with ashv 

 the throat itself being bright sulphur-yellow like the eyebrow and 

 band be ow the eye. Total length 3-4 inches, culmen 0-5, win- 

 1-95, tail 0-8.5, tarsus 0-55. "^ 



Young. Similar to the adult, but more dingy in colour, and easily 

 recognized by its paler and more horny bill. 



Ilab. West Africa, from the Volta River to the Gaboon. 



a Ad. sk. River Volta {R. T. Ussher). .sharps Coll. 



c Ad.sk. Gaboon (7)„r/.«e7/«). Tweffiale boll 



cl. Juv.sk. Gaboon (Z>.cy.„7 J. S^Z^^t:i^ 



e. Ad. sk. Ogow^ Kiver, Gaboon {A. Marche). Shelley Coll. 



13. Barbatula scolopacea. 



Bucco scolopacea, Temni. Mus. Luyd 



^ 0°fe t'^K^'T' ^^'■-^Tl-^\'- P- 1^1 (18.50) ; Hartl. J. f. 

 C. J8o4, p. 19ij; ^err. P. Z. S. 18.59, p. 397; Skarw Th,\ ^^7n 

 p. 70; /^ Cc^. Afr.B. ,. 15 (1871) ^ 7^/«.v4a1/ £0^ 'c«;2' 

 P> V'^' V^-^'am)- Skelky 4'- Buc/c/ey, Ibis, 187:^, p. 287 • 

 Ussher, Ibis 18.4 ^. 55 ; Sharpe ^- Bolvier, Bull. Soc. Zooi 

 France, 18. b, p. .31 1 ; Oustaht, Nonv. Arch. Mus. (2) ii. Bull. p. 64 

 (18/9) ; Bocaye, Om. Angola, p. 108 (1881) ^ 



Bucco stellatus, Jardine S,- Fraser, Contr. Orn. I80I, p I.55 

 iJarbatula flavisquamata, Verr. J.f. O. 185.5 p 101 

 Barbatula (Xylobucco) scolopacea, Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 174 



Bai-batula scolopacea, Cassin, Proc. Acad. PMlad. 1859, p 140 

 Ssr^ ' °?'w'A ^:f^:.Mns. Pays-Bas, Buccones, 'p. 47 

 (lbb3); Gray, List Capit. Brit. Mus. p. 1.5 (1868)- id Hand I 



Megalainiastellata, Gm,y,Z.;,f Capit. Brit. Mus. p. 16 (1808)- id 



Hand-l. B. n. p. 176, no. 8474 (1870). ^ ' ' 



Megalc-ema scolopacea, Reichen. J.f. 0. 1875, p 8 

 Lignobucco consobrinus, Beichen. J.f. 0. 1887, p. 309. 



^^c7»7^ Blackish brown above, all the feathers distinctly ed-ed 

 with bright olive-yellow, less plainly on the lower back and rump 



Td "'? '>J'?'' "^T ^"'^•^'' ^"^"^ ^"^^ tail-feathers dark brown' 

 edged with ohve-yellow; sides of the face like the upper surflce 

 ^id similarly margined with yellow : cheeks and Jhroat a7hy 

 whitish, gradually shading into the olive-yellow of the breast and 

 abdomen ; the sides of the body mottled ^Wth dusky spots and bars 

 under wing-coverts and axillaries white, tipped with yellow ' b 11 



