Col. Feilden on the Birds of Barbados. 477 



4. SxACTOLiEMA. 



I think that my Barbatula olivacea belongs to this genus, 

 and should he called Stactolcema olivacea. 



5. Mezobucco, gen. n. 

 The type of this genus is M. duvauceli, a species which 

 holds an intermediate position between Cyanops and Xan- 

 tholtema. The culmen does not exceed the tarsus in lengthy 

 the bill is pointed, not obtuse, as in Xantliolaema, and the 

 genus differs from Cyanops in the great length of the rictal 

 bristles, which reach beyond the tip of the bill. 



6. Barbatula. 



A new species of this genus may be described as follows : — 



Barbatula chrysopyga, sp. n. 



Similar to B. bilineata, Sundev., and, like that species, 

 having the eyebrow and cheek-stripe white and the rump 

 orange, but differing in the edges of the quills and wing- 

 coverts being orange instead of sulphur-yellow. Total length 

 3'3 inches, wing 1"85. 



Hub. Gold Coast. 



This form has been confounded by many writers with 

 B. leucohema and B. subsulphurea. 



7. Smilorhis. 

 Smilorhis kilimensis, sp. n. 



Adult female. Similar to S. leucotis, but distinguished by 

 having the lower back and rump white, contrasting with the 

 mantle and upper part of the back. Total length 7 inches, 

 wing 3*65. 



Hab. Kilimanjaro district of E. Africa {Hunter). 



Type in British Museum. 



XLIV. — On the Birds of Barbados. 

 By Colonel Henry W. Feilden, C.M.Z.S., F.G.S. 



The most noticeable feature in connection with the orni- 

 thology of the island of Barbados is the paucity of resident 



