Dr. G. Hartlaub on a new Barbet. 109 



Note. — Most of the figures in Marslialls' Monograph are 

 very good; but the letterpress accompanying them is not 

 equally meritorious. For instance, we read in the Latin 

 diagnosis of this species, " subtus squamatus^'^ and in the 

 description '^ entire head black " ! 



4. Trachyphonus boehmi, Fisch. & Reich. 

 Trachyphoniis boehmi, Fisch. & Reich. Cab. Journ. f. Orn. 



1879, p. 342 {"Tr.squamicejys, Heugl.'') ; Schalow,ibid. 1883, 



p. 346 {" Tr. maryar'itatus, Riipp.'') ; Cab. Journ. f. 0. 1878, 



p. 240 {'' Tr. arnaudi, Prev. & Dum.") ; G. A. Fischer, ibid. 



1885, p. 125; id. Uebers. Vog. Masail. in Zeitschr. ges. 



Orn. i. p. 371. 



Pare, Aruscha in the Masai country, G. A. Fischer ', 



"common from Mkaramo to Mossiro," G. A. Fischer; 



Uniamwesi, B'dhm; Taita and Ugogo, Bbhm, Mus. Berol. ; 



Barawa, South Somali coasth (2° N. lat.), G. A. Fischer : 



Abdul Gindi^ Mus. Paris [fide Oustalet). 



Three specimens of this fine species are before me : — a. 



Adult, sex unknown; Barawa, Nov. 11. b. Adult male; 



Mrumi in Ugogo : Bohm, Sept. 1, 1880. a. Male, not quite 



adult ; Pare : Fischer. 



The following is a description of the adult bird from 



Barawa : — 



T. pileo subcristato nigro, immaculato ; capitis et colli 

 lateribus gulaque Isete sulphureo-flavis, nigro minutissime 

 maculatis ; plumulis nonnnllis supraciliaribus flavo- 

 rubeutibus; collo postico, interscapulio, alarum tectri- 

 cibus scapularibusque in fundo pallide fuscescente 

 maculis parvulis rotundatis flavescenti-albidis, strictis- 

 sime nigro-limbatis ; tergo, uropygio et supracaudalibus 

 dilute flavis ; rectricibus fuscis, supra albo-maculatis, 

 subtus albo-fasciatis ; scutello gutturali magno subro- 

 tundato chalybeo-nigro ; pectore et epigastrio flavis, 

 maculis minutissimis nigris rarius notatis; fascia pectorali 

 interrupta e plumis nigris macula apicali rotundata alba 

 ornatis composita; abdomiue inferiore pallidius flaves- 

 cente ; subcaudalibus cocciueis ; rostro pallente corneo ; 

 pedibus nigricantibus. Long, circa 172 mill., culm. 17 

 mill., al. 76 mill., caud. 88 mill. 

 In this specimen the spots and bars of the tail are very 



regular and sharply defined ; the reddish colour over and 



