GROOVE-BEAKED POGONIUS. 



(Pogonius sulcirostris. ) 



P. cyaneo-ater ; gula^ugido, abdomine fasciaque obscura alarum 

 coccineis ; later alibus Jlavidis ; dor so macula alba ; remigibus 

 Juscis; rostro mandibula superior e longitudinaliter unisulcdto, 

 inferiore sulcis transversis exarata. 



Blue-black Pogonius, with the throat, neck, belly, and an ob- 

 scure stripe on the wings scarlet; sides yellowish; back with 

 a white spot; quills dark brown; upper mandible with one 

 longitudinal, under with many transverse grooves. 



Bucco dubius. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 206. 1(5. 



Le Barbican. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. J. 132. 



Le Barbican, des cotes de Barbariae. Buff. PL Enl. 602. 



Pogonius sulcirostris. Leach Zool. Misc. 2. t. 76. 



Doubtful Barbet. Lath. Gen. Syn. 2. 50(5. 16. 



This remarkable bird is in length nine inches : 

 beak one inch and a half; the under mandible 

 transversely channelled beneath : upper parts of 

 the body, wings, and tail black, with a white spot 

 on the back : abdomen yellowish at the sides ; an 

 obscure stripe on the wings, and the whole of the 

 under parts red, except a band on the breast, and 

 the thighs and vent, which are black : legs reddish 

 brown, and rather short. Inhabits the north of 

 Africa, about the coast of Barbary. 



SMOOTH-BEAKED POGONIUS* 

 (Pogonius lsevirostris.) 



P. ater; gula, jugulo, pectore, abdomine fasciaque alarum coc- 

 cineis; dor so macula alba; vertice coccineo-variegato ; rostro 

 l&vi hand sulcato. 



