Bit(h of Gambia. 
(Joltl-t'i'oukHl (irapc'S, haiuiiia, soft food mixture, with one 
Hiilhiil. (lay spouse cake iiuide as foi' 'I Hiiai^ers, and tlie 
next, Nestle's milk with a litth' Meliiirs food in 
it, half-dozen mealwoi'ms a tlay and uranue 
three times a week. 
Yellow- \vin;ued Nestle"s milk with a little Mellins" in it, sponye 
Sugar bird. cake as for Tanagers, grapes and h niana. For a 
tit-bit I give a lump of sugar just moisteneti 
with milk. 
Toucan Mashed boiled pi>tato with ground seeds, pea 
t,Lettered meal, currants and sultanas mixed with it 
Aracari). grapes, banana, and other fresh soft fruit. 
[We aic iiuiL-li indebted hi uui' esteemed meniber tor these 
valuabh- and practical notes by then- llioughttul aiii)'iicatioii, not 
iinl\ should the species named be kept in health ami vigour under 
similar conditions, but ii should lie noted that vei-y many 
species of die same genus, or ot close allinity can lie e.jually 
well lvei)t on the same food and treatment. lOu]. 
Birds of Gambia. 
By E. llUlM<.l.\SiU.\, D.S.U., Al.A., Al.l!. 
Conliiiued jrom page 290. 
L'uyonorhynolLUS dubius. (}RUU\ E-BLLLED BARHET. 
Range. West Alrica, sJenegarabia to Niger. (H.L). 
The commonest of our Barbets, butli in Bathuist and tluuugli- 
out the Protectorate. Tiiey go about in pairs and are by no means 
shy birds oi' inclined to skulk among tiiick fuLage as bo many Origiitiy 
plumaged birds do, but on the other hand seem to delight in Haunting 
their black and crimson hues everywhere and to every one. in the 
Protectorate, whene\er one comes across one of the Soto-trees (,wild 
tig) in fruit, one is sure to liud a pair or mure of these Barbets 
feeding among the Glossy Starlings, Green Pigeons, and iiosts of 
smaller birds, to whom these little tigs oiler such attractions. Of 
all the crowd the Barbets are much the boldest, and are always the 
firsL to return after the liock has been dispersed by a gun-shot. 
These " Soto " hgs and other bush fruit seem to be their cincf, 
and at any rate their favourite food, but they may eat insects as well. 
Their Alandingo name is " Kudimg-kudiing," a name they share 
with the Red-breasted Barbary Shrike. 
