POGONORHYNCHUS ABYSSINICUS. 
(THE B L A C K-B E L L I E D B A R B E T.) 
Phytotoma ahyss'mica 
Bucco saltii 
Pogonias rubrifrons 
„ hcematops 
Phytotoma tridactyla 
Pogonias brucei . 
Laimodon saltii . 
Pogonias saltii . 
Pogonorhynchus saltii 
„ abyssinicus 
(1801) Lath. ; Ind. Orn. Suppl. p. xlix. 
(1814) Stanl. ; Salt, Trav. Abyss. App. p. 4. 
(1823) Swains. ; Zool. 111. pi. 68. 
(1827) Wagl. Syst. Av. spec. 4. 
(1801) Baud. ; Tr. d'Orn. II. p. 366. 
(1837) Riipp. ; P. Z. S. p. 50. 
(1846) G. R. Gray; Gen. of Birds, II. p. 428. 
(1857) Hartl. ; Syst. Orn. W. Afr. p. 170. 
(1861) Heugl. ; Ibis, p. 123. 
(1863) Goffin ; Mus. Pays-Bas, Bucc. p. 5. 
(1868) Gray ; Cat. Brit. Mus. Capit. p. 3. 
P. minor, rostro nigro, supra niger, capite guttureque coccineis. 
Hab. in parte septentrionali Africae orientalis. 
Sexes alike; general plumage black; feathers of the head indistinctly tipped with 
red; a broad streak over the eye, face, throat, and breast scarlet; wing-coverts broadly 
edged with greyish white; quills brown, inner web pale yellowish at base; primaries 
finely edged on the exterior web with white; secondaries and tertiaries bordered with 
sulphur-yellow, shading into white towards the tips; bill black. Wing 3"-2, tail 2". 
Eab. Ahyssmia {Buj);pell) ; Bongolo (Manford) ; Bogos-land, Bejook, Waliko, Gabena- 
weldt-Gonfallon (Jesse). 
This species most resembles P. torquatus in colouring — but cannot be mistaken for it, 
on account of the black upper plumage, which is mottled grey in P. torquatus. Dr. Riippell, 
in a letter to the Zoological Society in 1837, identifies this bird with Phytotoma tridactyla 
Additional references.— 5mcco saltii: Latham (1822), Gen. Hist. III. p. 238; RiippeU (1837), P. Z. S. p. 50. 
Pogonias brucei, RiippeU (1835), Wirb. Av. t. 20. f. 1. Laimodon saltii : Verreaus (1859), P. Z. S. p. 396 ; Bonaparte 
(1854), Consp. Yolucr. Zygod. p. 12. Pogonorhynchus abyssinicus : Blanf. Abyss, p. 309. 
