XYLOBUCCO DUCHAILLUI. 
(DU CHAILLU'S BARBET.) 
Barhatula ducJiailliii 
Barhatula formosa 
Pogonias duchaillui 
Buecanodon duchaillui 
Ilegalaima duchaillui 
(1855) Cass. Proc. Acad. Pliil., p. 324. 
(1869) Sharpe, Ibis, p. 193. 
(1855) Verr. Eev. et Mag. de Zool., p. 213, pi. 5. 
(1857) Hartl. Orn. Westafr., p. 171. 
(1859) Verr. P.Z.S., p. 397. 
(1862) Goffin in Sciil. Mus. Pays Bas Buccones, p. 39. 
(1868) Gray Cat. Capit. Brit. Mus., p. 13. 
X. sexibus simillibus: pileo coccineo : capita postico nucha dorsoque purpurascenti-nigris, hoc flavo 
punctatis : corpore subtus flavo transfasciato. 
Bah. In Africa occidentali. 
Adult. Crown of the head brilliant crimson, nape deep purplish-blue unspotted; 
upper part of the back, scapulars, and wing-coverts, deep purphsh-blue spotted with chrome- 
yellow; lower part of the back, rump, and upper tail-coverts black, thickly banded with 
chrome-yellow; greater wing-coverts black, edged with chrome; quills brown, white at 
the base, secondaries edged externally with chrome; tail blackish-brown above, pale brown 
underneath ; a superciliary stripe extending down the sides of the neck chrome ; throat, cheeks, 
and ear-coverts deep purplish-blue; rest of the under surface black, thickly marked with 
broad transverse bands of chrome; bill black ; legs and feet pale plumbeous ; irides brown. 
Young. Similar to the adult, but wanting the crimson head ; the black is less lustrous, 
the yellow paler, and the whole plumage duller than in the old bird ; bill yellow tipped 
with black. 
Hah. West Africa: Moonda River (Du ChaUlu) ; Gaboon ( Verreaux); Fantee {Sharpe). 
This handsome little Barbet was originally described by the late Mr. Cassin in 1855 ; 
