W. E. OGILVIE-GEANT — AVES. 417 



with feathers. Iris crimson ; bare skin on head black ; feet black. Total length ca. 6'2 

 inches ; culmen 0'78 ; Aving 3"5 ; tail 1'9 ; tarsus 0"78. 



[A single specimen of Sladen's Barbet was shot in the Congo Forest, where they are 

 probably not uncommon. In the Mpanga Forest its place appears to be taken by the 

 closely-allied G. cinereiceps Sharpe, of which two specimens were procured. — 

 B. B. IF.] 



Gtmnobucco cinereiceps Sharpe. 



Gymnobucco cinereiceps Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 122 [Mt. Elgon] ; Reich. Vog. Afr. i. p. 139 

 (1902) ; Jackson, Ibis, 1906, p. 531 [Toro] . 



a,b. d . Mpanga Forest, Fort Portal, 5000 ft., 20th & 21st Sept. [Nos. 550. 

 B. K D. ; 3590. B. B. W.] 



The colour of the brush-like tufts behind the nasal openings varies considerably in 

 different individuals. In the type-specimen and other examples collected at Mt. Elgon 

 in February the tufts are light ochre-brown. In two examples killed at JSandi in May 

 the tufts are of much the same colour, while in birds from the Mpanga Forest killed 

 in September and in several from the Kibera Forest, Toro, procured in January, 

 February, and September, they are deep chestnut-brown. One example, however, from 

 Toro, killed in October, resembles the type from Elgon, the difference in colour being 

 no doubt due to wear. Freshly-moulted and worn birds look so different that it 

 seems desirable to draw attention to the cause. 



[Shaipe's Grey-headed Barbet was plentiful in the Mpanga Forest. It was always 

 observed high up in the largest trees.— i?. B. W.~\ 



Baebatula mfumbiri Grant. 

 Barbatula mfumbiri Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xix. p. 107 (1907) ; id. Ibis, 1908, p. 311 [Mufumbiro 



Volcanoes]. 

 Barbatula leucolaima nyanscs Neumann, J. f. 0. 1907, p. 347. 



The adult male is most nearly allied to B. leucolcema (Verr.), but is larger ; the back 

 black, glossed with dark bottle-green, the chest greyish-white, and the rest of the under- 

 parts duller and of a more greenish-yellow colour. In the coloration of the underparts 

 it closely resembles B. jacJcsoni Sharpe, but the rump is pale sulphur-yellow as in 

 B. leucolcema and not bright chrome-yellow. Iris dark brown or dark hazel ; bill and 

 feet black. Total length ca. 4-0 inches; culmen 0-5-0'55 ; wing 2-3; tail 1T5 ; 

 tarsus 0"6-0'65. 



The adult female is similar to the male. Total length ca. 4'0 inches ; culmen 0'55 : 

 wing 2'2 ; tail IT ; tarsus 0'62. 



a~c. d ? . Mubuku Valley, E. Euwenzori, 6000-7000 ft., 16th-22nd Jan. [Nos. 

 115. B. K D. ; 3097, 3104. B. B. W.] 



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