CAPITONID^ LYBIUS 157 



B. Upper mandible smooth. 

 a. Tail square. 



a^. Culmen strongly ridged between the 



nostrils; wing somewhat pointed Slactolce>na, p. 163. 



b^. Culmen almost flat ; wings rounded Barhatida, p. 166. 



h. Outer tail feathers considerably shorter than 



the others ; culmen rounded; bill curved Trdchijphoinis, p. 170. 



Genus I. LYBIUS. 



Type. 

 Lybius, Hermann, Tab. Affin. Anim. pp. 217, 235 



(1783) L. abyssinicus. 



Melanobucco, Shellcij, Ibis, 1889, p. 476 L. bidentatus. 



Edge of the upper mandible with a vevy distinct tooth ; culmen 

 rounded between the nostrils and curved throughout ; a naked space 

 round the eye ; chin angle naked with a few scattered bristles ; 

 breast feathers normal with hair-like shafts ; wing rounded, the 

 secondaries falling short of the longest primaries by less than the 

 length of the first toe without claw; anterior outer {i.e., third) and 

 posterior outer {i.e., fourth) toes approximately equal; tail short 

 and slightly rounded. 



This genus is confined to Africa, whence fifteen species are 

 recognised by Shelley ; only one of these is found within our limits. 



449. Lybius torquatus. Black-collared Barbel. 



Le Barbu a plastron noir, Lecaill. Barhus, p. 65, pi. 28 (1806). 



Bucco torquatus, Diimont, Diet. Sci. Nat. iv, p. 56 (1806). 



Bucco nigrithorax, Citv. Begne An. p. 428 (1817). 



L^emodon nigrithorax, Gurney, Ibis, 1862, p. 32 [Natal] ; Laijard, 

 B. S. Afr. p. 233 (1867) ; id. Ibis, 1871, p. 226 [Kanye] . 



Pogonorhynchus nigrithorax, Kirl-. Ibis. 1864, p. 328 [Zambesi] . 



Pogonorhynchus torquatus, Marshall Mon. Cajnf. p. 19, pl- 10 (1871) ; 

 BucMcij, Ibis, 1874, p. 367 [Pretoria dist.] ; SlieUeij, Ibis, 1875, p. 82 

 [Pinetown] ; Barratt, Ibis, 1876, p. 200 [Eustenburg] ; Sharpe, ed. 

 Layard's B. S. Afr. pp. 172, 811 (1876-84); Ayres, Ibis, 1879, 

 p. 296 ; Hohib d- Pelz. Orn. Siid-Afr. p. 161 (1881) ; Shelley, Ibis, 

 1882, p. 248 [Umfuli River]; Butler, Feilden, and Beid, Zoologist, 

 1882, p. 208 [Ladysmith] , Bendall, Ibis, 1896, p. 163 [Barberton] . 



Melanobucco torquatus, Shelley, Ibis, 1889, p. 476 ; id. Cat. B. M. xix, 

 p. 24 (1891) ; id. B. Afr. i, p. 126 (1896) ; Marshall, Ibis, 1896, p. 242 

 [Salisbury dist.] ; Woodward Bros, and Sharpc, Ibis, 1897, pp. 405, 

 500 [Zululand] ; Suwerby. Ibis, 1898, p. 572 [Chiquaqua] ; 



