XYLOBUCCO SCOLOPACEUS. 
(THE YELLOW-SPECKLED B A U B E T.) 
Biirco scolojMccus . 
Barhatula stellata . 
„ scolopaceus 
Xylohucco scolopaceus 
Barhatula flavisquamata 
Merjala'mia scolopacea 
stellata. 
Temm. ; MS. 
(1843) Fraser ; P. Z. S. p. 4. 
(1854) Bonap. ; Consp. Vol. Zyg. p. 12. 
(1854) Hartl. ; Cab. .Journ. Orn. p. 195. 
(1855) Verr. ; Cab. Journ. Orn. p. 101. 
(1863) Goffin ; Cat. Mus. Pays-Bas, Bucc. p. 47 
(1868) G. R. Gray; Cat. Brit. Mus. Capit. p. I' 
X. sexibus similibus : minor : supra terricolor, flavipunctatus. 
Hab. in Africa occidentali. 
Sexes alike ; upper plumage brownish black, irregularly variegated with yellow, duller 
on the head, and more brilliant on the lower back and upper tail-coverts; wings and tail 
brown, the exterior webs finely bordered with yellow; throat pale greenish white; under 
surface of a dull yellow colour; the base of the interior web of the quills white; bill 
black ; iris yellow ; legs blackish ; bristles black and strong. Length about 4"-75, wing 2"-l, 
tail l"-5. 
Hab. West Africa. Gold Coast {Nagtglas); Fantee [Sharpe); Dabocrom {Pel); Fer- 
•nando Po ( Fraser) ; Calabar, Gaboon {Verreaux) ; Moonda and Camma Rivers {Bu Chaillu). 
The Yellow-speckled Barbet is the type of the genus Xylobucco of Bonaparte; there is 
only one other species, Du ChaiUu's Barbet, which has the forehead red, and the ground- 
colour of the back deep purplish blue. 
Additional references.-5x.cco scolopaceus: Bonaparte (1850), Consp. Av. p. 141. BcMa stellata: J ^r^e 
(1851) Contr. Orn. p. 155. Xylohucco scolopaceus: Hartlaub (1854), Cab. Journ. Orn. p. 195, no. 406; Verreaux 
(1859)' P. Z. S. p. 4 ; Sharpe (1871), Cat. Afr. B. p. 15. Megalaima scolopacea : G. E. Gray (1868), Cat. Bnt. Mus. 
Capit. p. 15. 
