the Birds of Ngamiland. 397 



Trichol^ma leucomelas (Bodd.). 



Tricholcema leucomelas Stark & Sclater, iii. p. 160. 



Tricholama leucomelan Reich, ii. p. 134. 



a. ? . Glianzi, 3000 ft., 16th June. (No. 520, G. L.) 



Iris brown ; bill and feet black. 



Trachyphonus NOBiLis, sp. n. 



Adult male. Differs from T. cafe?' in having the bill much 

 stouter and deeper at the base ; the feathers on the lores and 

 forehead black with dark crimson tips, instead of yellow 

 with red tips; while the red margins to the yellovr feathers 

 on the sides of the head and throat, generally so marked in 

 examples of T. cafer, are very narrow and faint. Iris, inner 

 ring brown, outer ring crimson ; bill yellow, horn-coloured 

 at the tip ; feet dull greyish-brown. 



Wing 107 mm. ; tail 89. 



Hab. Lake Ngami, 2700 ft. 



Type in the British Museum. ^. No. 60, 12. vii.09. 

 R. B. Woosnam Coll. 



This was the only specimen of this beautiful Barbet seen 

 in Ngamiland. It was feeding upon the berries at the top 

 of a tall tree on one of the islands in the Okavango marshes. 



SCHIZORHIS CONCOLOR PALLIDICEPS (Ncum.). 



Corythaixoides concolor 2}allidiceps Neum. J. f. O. 1899, 

 p. 66. 



Chizarhis concolor Reich, ii. p. 34. 



Schizorhis concolor Stark & Sclater, iii. p. 219. 



a. S- Lake Ngami, 2700 ft., 8th July. (No. 551, G. X.) 



Iris dark brown ; bill and feet black. 



This bird belongs to the rather paler-headed form found 

 in Angola, &c., separated by Prof. Neumann under the 

 above given name. 



This Touraco ia one of the commonest and most con- 

 spicuous birds in Ngamiland. It always appears to enjoy 

 life thoroughly ; its laughing note is constantly to be heard 

 while it is feeding on the " mocochan " berries and apparently 

 romping with its fellows. It becomes very tame in con- 

 finement, and I knew of one which would sit on its owner's 



