BAUBATULA BUSTLLA. 
(THE DWAllE BAR BET.) 
Le Barhion (1806) Levaill, ; Barbus, pi. 32. 
Bucco jmsiUus (1806) Dum. ; Diet. Sci. Nat. 1st ed. IV. p. 50. 
Le Cabezon Barhion (1816) Vieill. ; N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. p. 497. 
Bucco ruhrifrons (1816) Vieill. ; N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. p. 497. 
Le petit Barhion . ■ (1816) VieiU. ; N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. p. 499. 
Bucco barhatula (1832) Temm. ; PI. Col. sp. 18, 19. 
chysoptera (1837) Swains. ; An. in Menag. p. 322. 
Barhatula parvus (1841) Hartl. ; Eev. Zool. p. 337. 
pusilla (1841) Hartl. ; Eev. Zool. p. 337. 
Megalaima parva (1846) Gray ; Gen. of B. II. p. 430. 
barhatula . " (1846) Gray; Gen. of B. II. p. 430. 
Barhatula minuta (1850) Bonap. ; Consp. Gen. Av. p. 144. 
Megalaima pusilla (1863) Goffin ; Mus. Pays Bas, Buee. p. 40. 
Megalama pusilla . (1870) Finsch ; Trans. Zool. Soc. VII. p. 282. 
B. sesibus similibus : snpra nigra flavo striata : capite summo rubro. 
Hah. in regione ^thiopica. 
Sexes alike ; a narrow frontal band black ; top of the head bright red ; upper plumage 
black, variegated longitudinally with sulphur-yellow; upper tail-coverts entirely of that 
colour; wings and tail earthy brown; lesser wing-coverts broadly bordered with golden; 
greater wing-coverts and quills edged with the same colour, shading into creamy white 
on the tertiaries, inner webs at the base pale yellow ; tail narrowly edged with sulphur- 
yellow; under surface greenish yellow; throat and under tail-coverts lemon-yellow; bill 
black ; legs and feet dark greenish ; irides dark brown. Length 4"-6, wing 2" -4, tail l"-2. 
Hob. N.-E. Africa: banks of the Blue Nile {Von Heuglin); Bogos Land {Jesse); near 
Senafe {Blanford). South Africa {Layard) ; Natal {Ayres). 
Additional references.— Smcco parvus: Cuv. (1817), Eegn. Anim. L p. 428. Barhatula pusilla : Bonap. Consp. 
Vol. Zyg. p. 12 ; Verr. (1859), P. Z. S. p. 399 ; Heugl. (1861), Ibis, p. 124 ; Blanf. (1870), Geol. & Zool. of Abyss, 
p. 311 ; Sbarpe (1871), Cat. Afr. B. p. 16. Barhatula minuta : Bonap. (1854), Consp. Vol. Zyg. p. 12 ; Hartl. 
(1857), Syst. Orn. Westafr. p. 173 ; Gurney (1864), Ibis, p. 353. Megalaima pusilla : Gray (1868), Cat. Brit. Mus. 
Capit. p. 14; id. (1870), Hand-1. of B. II. p. 176. Megalcema barhatula : Layard (1867), B. of S. Afr. p. 234 ; id. 
(1869), Ibis, p. 372. Megalcema pusilla : Heugl. (1871), Orn. N.-O.-Afr. I. p. 762. 
