54 FRIENDS OP THE AGRICULTURIST 



Its range extends from Grahamsto-wn (where it is not 

 uncommon) to the Zambesi Valley. 



Although an insect-feeder it will occasionally eat fruit. 

 We took its eggs in the neighbourhood of Grahamstown and 

 at Modderfontein, Transvaal. 



Fig. 25. — Blaok-collared Barbet at nest hole. 



The commonest of the South African species is the Pied 

 Barbet {Tricholmma leucomelan), which is also pretty generally 

 distributed excepting in Mashonaland and Natal. 



It is smaller than the preceding bird, has the crown red 

 and the plumage black spotted with yellow ; throat black 

 and rest of under-surface whitish. This bird has a con- 

 spicuous eyebrow and a black streak through the eye. 



