— I02 — 



(A tolerably coinmoii biicl founcl alonjf the swampv f»roiiiid. Tlie 

 one sliot fan. 30tli was feediiig on vegetal)le substance near the 

 groiind. Their skins are unique for toughness. — \V. P. L.) 



Famii.y CAPITONIDAE. 



Lybius bidentatus bidentatus. 



B ncco bideiitatus "^Hww , Nat. Hist. Miscell., X, pi. 393, 1798. — 

 Tvpe localitv : Barbary (!). 



Mr. Lowi-: obtained a single exaniple of the Tooth-billed Barbet 

 in Januarv, 1920, at the Iju water works. It is, I believe, the lirst 

 record froiii Southern Nigeria. 



Range. — The tvpical race is confined to West Africa. Kepre- 

 sented in the British Muséum froni Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, 

 Caineroon, Northern Angola. 



J)isti7iguishiiig c/iaiactcrs. — Hand on the wing caused by the 

 broad tips to the priinarv coverts scarlet. 

 There are three races of this bird as follows. 



I . — LvnifS RIDF.N rATUS HIDENTATUS. 



Cf. supra. 



2. — LyBII-S BIl)KNTATi;S AEOL'ATORIAl.IS. 



Melanobucco aequatorialis Shei.i.ey, Ibis, 1889, p. 476. Hparo, 

 Equatorial Africa. 



Range. — French Equatorial Africa, North Belgian Congo 

 (Niam-Niam and Welle River), Uganda. 



Distingnisliing charactets. — Band on the wing nnich more 

 restricted than the tvpical species and rose coloured instead of 

 scarlet; size large, see Observation. 



