448 Mr. C. H. B. Grant on a Collection of 



A rather badly shot specimen, which appears to have been 

 in good clean dress. 



[Irides brown; bill, legs and toes black.] 



I have placed tliis bird as a subspecies of Barbatula 

 simplex Fisch. & Reichw. (Journ. fiir Orn. 1884, p. 180 : 

 Massailand, German East Africa), as there is at present no 

 evidence to show that they occur together. 



I uphold this new genus proposed by Oberholser (Proc. 

 U.S. Nat, Mus. vol. xxviii. 1905, p. 865), as I agree with 

 him that these Barbets differ markedly from the typical 

 Pogoniulus. 



200. Trachyphonus erythrocephalus erythrocephalus. Red- 

 and-\ellow Barbet. 



Trachyphonus erythrocephalus Cab. Journ. fiir Orn. 1878, 

 p. 206, pi. ii. figs, 1 & 2 : Zanzibar, Mombasa, and further 

 inland. Zanzibar is probably incorrect. 



o, Z>, (? ? ad. Narossura, 5000 ft. Nov. 17. 



c. ? imm, S, Guaso Nyiro, 2950 ft. Nov. 23. 



d. cJ imm. Weiwei River, 3200 ft. Jan. 6, 



Total length in flesh : ^ ad, 9^^, imm, S)^ inches ; ? 8 j, 

 imm. 9g inches. Wing: S ad. 98, imm. 94 mm.; $ ad, 

 97, imm. 100 mm. 



The two adults are in good dress and are but slightly 

 worn; the immature male is in the dress of Trachyphonus 

 versicolor Hartl. (Orn. Centr. 1882, p. 91 : Central Africa, 

 ex Emin Bey), having " red on the head much less extensive 

 and the under tail-coverts yellow,'' which character, in my 

 opinion, is that of the young bird, seeing that some speci- 

 mens before me, of both sexes, have pure yellow under and 

 upper tail-coverts whilst others have a slight admixture of 

 red feathers, pointing to these ultimately assuming the dress 

 of T. e. erythrocephalus. 



The immature female is similar to the adult, but has more 

 yellow than red on the upper and under tail-coverts. 



[Irides brown ; bill reddish horn; legs and toes plumbeous, 

 bluish, or dirty plumbeous. Several seen frequenting dry 

 stony hillsides, wherever there are scattered bushes,] 



