POGONIAS hirsutus. 

 Hairy -breasted ToothbilL 



Generic Character. — See PI. 68. 



Specific Character. 

 P. svprafuscus, maculis sulphureis, suhtus sulphureus maculis nigris in- 

 terstindus, capite juguloque nigris ; pectoris plumis elongatis, pilis 

 setaceis terminatis. 



Abore brown, spotted with sulphur ; beneath sulphureous, with black 

 spots ; head and chin black ; feathers of the breast lengthened, 

 and ending in long setaceous hairs. 



I HAVE before observed, that this genus of birds was first 

 characterized under the name oi Pogonias, by Illiger, in 1811 ; 

 some years after (1815), M. Vieillot changed the name to Po~ 

 gonia, without taking any notice of Illiger's denomination, 

 and Dr. Leach has followed Vieillot without probably being 

 aware of the plagiarism ; Vieillot's name must, however, be 

 expunged, as Mr. Brown has some time back affixed the name 

 of Pogonia to a remarkable genus of plants. 



Total length about seven inches; bill blueish black, one 

 inch two lines long, and large in proportion ; the tooth in the 

 middle very prominent ; behind the eye is a short white stripe, 

 and another much longer begins from the under mandible, 

 and goes half way down the neck ; the chin and part of the 

 throat, together with the head and neck above, deep black, 

 which changes to a dark brown on the back, wings, covers, and 

 tail ; a small round sulphur spot is on the tip of each feather 

 of the hind head, back, and lesser wing covers ; the quills 

 pale brown, margined with sulphur; the under plumage is 

 greenish sulphur, closely spotted with blackish ; the most ex- 

 traordinary peculiarity of this bird consists in the feathers of 

 the breast, which are more rigid than the others, pointed, and 

 the shaft of the lower ones ending in fine incurved setaceous 

 hairs, many of which are near an inch long. The probable use 

 this particular formation is intended for, it is impossible to 

 conjecture. 



Mr. B. Leadbeater, to whom I am often obliged for the in- 

 spection of rare subjects, received this from Africa, and it is 

 the only individual of the species I ever heard of. 



PI. 72. 



