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brilliant scarlet, all bounded by a band of glossy black, more or less 
broad ; back and shoulders yellowish brown; quill-feathers of wings 
and tail dark-brown, margined with bright-yellow, the latter very 
slightly so ; under parts ashy-white, marked with sulphur yellow; 
base of bill sparsely covered with long bristles; bill black; feet 
black (Buckley), brown (Ayres), slaty brown (Shelley) ; iris reddish 
brown (Ayres, Shelley), dark brown (Buckley). 
Fig. Marshall, Monogr. Capit. pl. x. 
155. PogoNoRHYNCHUS LEUCOMELAS. The Pied Barbet. 
Laimodon leucomelas, Layard, B.S. Afr. p. 232. 
Laimodon unidentatus, id., t. c. p. 233. 
This Barbet is common in mimosa bush throughout the: Karroo, 
and has apparently a very wide range, having been received from 
Beaufort, Swellendam, Knysna, Kaffraria, Colesberg, Hopetown, 
Kuruman, and Damaraland. It does not occur, as far as we yet 
know, in Natal, and Mr. T. E. Buckley says that they were first seen 
by him about the trees in Pretoria; he also found them from the 
north of the Transvaal into the Matabili country. Mr. Barratt states 
that he has often seen this Barbet in the Transvaal, and has also 
received it from Marico. Mr. Buckley met with it as far north as the 
Tatti, but it has not been recorded from the Zambesi. On the 
western coast, however, it extends much further, and according to 
Mr. Andersson, it is ‘found from the northern border of Great 
Namaqua Land (south of which it was not observed), as far north as 
the river Okavango; and it also occurs at Lake N’gami. In the 
neighbourhood of Objimbinque it is rather abundant.” The same 
gentleman also procured specimens in Ondonga, while Anchieta has 
procured it on the Rio Coroca in Mossamedes. Mr. Monteiro col- 
lected several of this Barbet in Benguela, and it even ranges into 
Angola proper, from whence specimens have been forwarded to the 
Lisbon Museum. 
Mr. Andersson remarks that in Damara Land, it is “ found singly 
or in pairs, and is remarkable for its clear-ringing and far-sounding 
notes, which, though heard at all hours of the day, are most frequent 
in the early morning. It food consists chiefly of fruit and seeds; but 
it will to some extent accommodate itself as regards food to the 
