piciD^. 149 



the belly is greenish-white : the beak and legs are 

 black. 



Sp. 6. Po. mbrifrons. Swain. Zool. Illust. pi. 68. 



Fo. niger sincipite juguloque rubris ; alis caudaque fuscis, teg- 

 minum margine externo albo; rermgmm fulvo. 



Glossy-black Barbican with the fore part of the throat and the 

 head red ; wings and tail brown 3 external margin of the wing- 

 coverts white, of the quills yellow. 



Abyssinian Barbican. Lath. Gen. Hist. v. iii. p. 238. ]pl. liii. 



Mr. Swain son has merely given the above short 

 description, accompanied with a good figure of the 

 bird, which appears to agree (excepting in being a 

 younger individual) with the above-quoted figure in 

 Dr. Latham's work. This last author gives the fol- 

 lowing account of this bird. " Length seven inches : 

 beak horn-colour, very dark, stout, and large, from 

 point to gape one inch : the general colour of the 

 plumage fine glossy black : forehead, as far as the 

 crown, sides, including the eyes, the chin, and throat, 

 fine crimson : upper wing-coverts black, edged on 

 the sides with white, producing a striated appear- 

 ance : quills dusky, the outer margin, for the most 

 part, fringed with yellow : the second quills nearly as 

 long as the prime ones : under wing-coverts pure 

 white : tail of ten feathers two inches and a quarter 

 long, nearly even at the end : legs dusky. Inhabits 

 Abyssinia : observed to cling to the branches of trees 

 like the Woodpecker." 



Sp. 7. Po. Vieilloti. Steph. v. ik. p. 3. pL in frontispiece. 

 iSp. 8. Po. hirsutus. Swain. Zool. Illust. ii. pi. 72. 



