CAPITONID.E TRICHOL^MA 161 



Oates, Matabeleland, p. 305 (}881) ; Symonds, Ibis, 1887, p. 329 

 [Kroonstad] ; Eendall, Ibis, 1896, p. 168 [BarbertonJ . 



Pogonorhynchus niger, Holub (& Pelz. Orn. Sild-Afr. p. 161 (1882). 



Tricholaema leucomelan, Slielley, Ibis, 1889, p. 476 ; id. Cat. B. M. xix, 

 p. 31 (1891) ; id. B. Afr. i, p. 127 (1896) ; Sliarpe, Ibis, 1897, p. 500 

 [Zululand] ; Woodward Bros. Natal B. p. 109 (1899); Ivy, Ibis, 

 1901, p. 22 [Port Elizabeth]. 



Description. Adult. Crown of the head red ; a conspicuous 

 eyebrow, yellow in front, becoming white posteriorly ; back and 

 wing-coverts black with oval spots of sulphur-yellow, the rump and 

 upper tail-coverts almost entirely yellow ; scapulars and inner 

 secondaries black edged with white ; wings and tail-quills brownish- 

 black edged with sulphur-yellow ; a black stripe runs through the 

 eye and ear-coverts bordered by a broad white malar stripe ; chin 

 and throat black ; rest of the under parts, including the under wing- 

 coverts, white, the flanks and under tail-coverts with a few black 

 streaks. 



Iris dark brown ; bill, with a considerable notch on the edge of 

 the upper mandible, black ; legs and feet grey-black. 



FIG. 53. Tricholccma leucomelas. x 



Length 6-3; tail 1-95 ; wing 3-3 ; culmen 0-80 ; tarsus 0-85. 



The sexes are alike, and the young birds are somewhat duller 

 in colour, and have the black streaks on the lower surface more 

 numerous and conspicuous. 



Distribution. The Pied Barbet is fairly abundant throughout the 

 greater part of our area from the Cape division to the Okavango, 

 with the exception of Natal proper and Mashonaland, where it has 

 not yet been met with. Beyond our limits it extends only into 

 Angola. 



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