POGONIAS rubrifrons, 

 Red-fronted ToothbilL 



Generic Character. 

 Rostrum mediocre, crassnm, xalidum, basi latiore quam altiore, lihrissis 

 longis incumhentihus tecfd, latcrihus tilfra basin compressis, culmine 

 arcuato, subcarinato ; mandibuloe stiperioris margitie dentibus 1 xel 

 2 armato, mandibulce injerioris marginem obtegeiite. Nares approxi- 

 mantes, panoe, rotunda-, per rostri basin perforatce. Pedes scansorii, 

 digitis posticis versatilibus . 



Typus Genericus Buceo Diibius Lath. 



Bill moderate, thick, strong, the base broader than high, witli long 

 incumbent bristles, the sides beyond compressed, the top arched, 

 and slightly carinated ; upper mandible with one or two strong 

 teeth on each side, the margin folding over that of the lower 

 mandible ; nostrils approximating, small, round, perforated 

 through the base of the bill. Feet scansorial. Hind toe versa- 

 tile. 



Generic Type Doubtful Barbut Lath. 



' Specific Character, 

 P, niger ; sincipite juguhqne rubris ; alls et caudd fuscis ; tegminum 

 margine exter?w albo, remigu7n fulvo. 



Glossy black ; forepart of the head and throat red ; wings and tail 

 brown; external margin of the covers white, and of the quills 

 yellow. 



1 HE Linnsean Barbuts, comprehended by Latham under one 

 genus, contain three distinct groups of birds ; which, from 

 their peculiar characters, no less than their geographic posi- 

 tion, have now received generic distinctions. The first of these 

 (which are still retained under the old genus,) are natives of 

 Asia; the next in affinity were first characterized by Illiger 

 under the name of Poso7iias, and are distributed on the African 



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contment; while the prototype genus in America is lurnatia 

 (Cuvier), in which continent not any of the two preceding 

 have been found : thus each quarter of the globe lying within 

 the tropics have their corresponding groups of a family, pos- 

 sessing a general, but at the same time an individuality of cha- 

 racter. 



I am obliged to Mr. Leadbeater for the opportunity of 

 figuring this new and rare species, which he believes to have 

 come from Sierra Leone. Its total length was six inches ; the 

 under-covers of the wings white ; tlie tail two inches long, the 

 feathers broad and even. 



PI. 68. 



