POGONORHYNCHUS VIEILLOTI, 
(V I E I L L O T'S B A H B E T.) 
Le Barhu rubicon . (1807) Levaill. ; Barbus, p. 43, Suppl. fig. 1). 
Pogonins vieilloti ....... (1815) Leach ; Zool. Misc. t. 97. 
Le Barhu hrundtre (1816) VieiU. ; N. D, d'Hist. Nat. III. p. 241. 
Bucco fuscescens (1816) VieiU. ; N. D. d'Hist. Nat. III. p. 241. 
Pogonias senegalensis (1823) Licht. ; Verz. Doubl. p. 9. 
rubeseens (1825) Temm. ; PI. Col. Texte, p. 34. 
rubicon (1829) Cuv. ; Ecgn. Anim. p. 457. 
Laimodon vieilloti (1846) Gray; Gen. of B. II. p. 428. 
Pogonorhynchus vieilloti (1850) Strickl. ; P. Z. S. p. 219. 
P. minor, rostro nigro : supra terricolor : gutture pectoreque coccineo maculatis. 
ffab. in Africa occidentali et orientali. 
Sexes alike ; head and nape vermilion, with the basal half of the feathers black ; 
upper plumage earthy-brown; the sides of the neck and back variegated with white, the 
lewer back with dull yellow; secondaries and inner cubitals finely bordered with the 
same colour ; under surface yellowish white ; the feathers of the sides of the head, throat, 
breast, and middle of the abdomen broadly tipped with vermilion ; irides deep red ; bill 
black ; legs and feet dusky brown. Wing 2"'7, tail l"-8. 
Hab. Senegal (Verream) ; Gaboon (Verream) ; Gold Coast, Fantee (Sharjje) ; Elmina 
( Weiss) ; Nubia ( Verream) ; Cordofan (SfricMand). 
There is no other species with which this bird can be confounded ; its strangely spotted 
Additional references.— Po^omas vieilloti : Less. (1831), Traite d'Orn. p. 160 ; Hartl. (1850), Contr. Orn. p. 131 : 
Haiti. (1857), Orn. W. Afr. p. 170 ; Dohrn (1866), P. Z. S. p. 331. Laimodon vieilloti: Bp. (1854), Consp. Vol. 
Zyg. p. 12; Verr. (1859), P. Z. S. p. 396. Pogonorhynchus vieilloti: Heugl. (1861), Ibis, p. 123; Goff. (1863). 
Mus. Pays-Bas, Bucc. p. 6 ; Gray (1868), Cat. B. M. Capit. p. 4 ; Sharpe (1869), Ibis, p. 193 ; id. (1871). Cat. 
Afr. B. p. 15. Pogonias rubeseens : Wagler (1827), Syst. At. Pogonias, no. 5. 
