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



202. Trachyphonus darnaudii darnaudii. Darnaud's Barbet. 

 Micropogon darnaudii Des Murs, Lefebv. Abyss. 1850, 

 p. 133 : Kordofan. 



a. c? ad. Baringo. Dec. 27. 



b. (^ ad. Kito, 60 miles N.W. of Baringo, 4100 ft. 

 Jan. 2. 



c. S ad. Hills 10 miles N. o£ Maroto, 4000 ft. Jan. 23. 



d. ? ad. Bakora Plains, 3500 ft. Feb. 4. 



Total length in flesh : ^ 7^ k, 7^ inches ; $ 7 inches. 

 AVing : ^ 77-74 mm. ; ? 72 mm. 



Tliese four specimens agree well Avith others in the 

 British Museum collection from Lado and the Bahr-el- 

 Ghazal, which agree with Des Murs' description in the 

 markings of the head, etc. They are showing signs of wear, 

 especially the February specimen. 



[Irides brown ; bill dark or brownish horn, base of lower 

 mandible lighter ; legs and toes plumbeous, blue, or brownish 

 flesh. Plentiful and common in dry bush country.] 



Apparently three races of this Barbet are recognisable as 

 follows : — 



Trachyphonus darnaudii darnaudii. 



Micropogon darnaudii Des Murs, op. cit. 



Above, feathers of top of head with subterminal reddish 

 yellow bars ; below, chest pale sulphur-yellow. 



Range. Bift Valley, west and north to Uganda, Lado, 

 Bahr-el-Ghazal, and Kordofan. 



Trachyphonus darnaudii bohmi. 



Trachyphonus bohmi Fischer & Reichw. Journ. fiir Orn. 

 1884, p. 179: Pare-Gebirge, north-east German East Africa. 



Of this, Trachyphonus uropj/gialis Salvad. (Mem. Accad. 

 Torino, vol. xliv. 1894, p. 551 : Somaliland, wing given as 

 70 mm.) becomes a synonym. 



Above, feathers of top of head wholly blue-black ; below, 

 chest richer yellow, the feathers more or less edged with 

 carmine. 



Range. North-east German East Africa, British East 

 Africa east of Rift Valley, Jubaland, south-east Abyssinia, 

 and Somaliland. 



