TRICHOLiEMA HIRSIJTA. 
(THE HAIRY-BREASTED BARBET). 
Pogonias hirsutus 
Pogonias hirsutus 
Tricholama flavipimctata 
(18-^3) Swains, Zool. Illust. ii., 72. 
(1850) Bonaparte, Consp. Avium, p. 145. 
(1855) Verr. Cab. Journ. Ornith. iii, p. 103. 
(1855) Verr. Eev. et Mag. de Zool. fig. 14 (Juv). 
(1860) Verr. Cab. Journ. p. 190. 
(1840) G. E. Gr, Gen. of Birds ii, p. 429. 
(1857) Hartl., Syst. Ornith., W. Africa, p. 172. 
(1863) Goffin, Schleg., Mus. Pays Bas, Buccones, p. 11. 
(1868) G. E. Gr, Cat. Brit. Mus., Capitonidfe, p. 5. 
(1869) E. B. Sharpe, Ibis, 1869, p. 386. 
TricholcBtna hirsutus 
Laimodon hirsutus 
Pogonias hirsutus 
Pogonorhynchus hirsutus 
Pogonias hirsutus 
T. supra niger ; dorso scapularibusque flavo-punctatis ; gutture nigro, subtus flavescenti-sulphureo, nigro- 
punctato. 
Juv. Pileo flavo-punctato, gutture albo nigro striato. 
Description. Adult. Head, neck, throat and upper parts of the body deep black ; a 
superciliary and a broad moustachial stripe, pure white ; the back and shoulders covered 
with small round sulphur-yellow spots, paler in some specimens and the wing-coverts, 
secondaries, rump, and upper tail-coverts, margined with the same colour ; the primaries 
and feathers of the tail are blackish brown. Under parts sulphur-yellow, the shafts of the 
breast feathers black, stiff, and elongated beyond the web (in some specimens more than 
an inch), giving that peculiar hairy appearance from which the bird derives its name. The 
feathers of the abdomen, vent and lower tail-coverts, each with a round black spot, tipped 
with yellow, and with a white bar across. 
Young Bird. The spots on the upper plumage are bright citron yellow, and extend 
over the head ; the black feathers of the throat are broadly margined with white, and the 
black drops on the abdomen are larger, paler and less distinct. 
Bill dark leaden black, the gonys whitened in the immature bird. Irides red ; legs 
and feet bluish black. 
