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FRIENDS OF THE AGRICULTURIST 



line yellow speckles ; head and throat scarlet ; back of head, 

 a collar round the neck, and upper breast black. Below, 

 yellow marked with greyish-black blotches and streaks. 

 Length, 7| inches. 



Fig. 28. — Black-collared Barbet at nest hole. 



Its range extends from Grahamstown (where it is not 

 uncommon) to the Zambesi Valley. 



Although an insect-feeder it will occasionally eat fruit. 

 We took its eggs in the neighbourhood of Grahamstown and 

 a1 Modderfontein, Transvaal. Its call is a peculiar loud 

 trumpet-like sound consisting of several notes. 



The commonest of the South African species is the Pied 

 Barbet (TricJiolcema leucoinelan), which is also fairly generally 

 distributed excepting in Mashonaland and Natal. 



