BARBATULA SUB8U LPII UliE A 
(THE YELLOW-BELLIED B A 11 B E T.) 
„ , 7 , , (1843) Fraaer ; P. Z. S. p. 3. 
Capitol suUulpMreus • (1846) Gray ; Gen. of K 11. p. 430 
Barhatulaflaviraentun. (1851) Verr. ; Eev. et Mag. de Zoo p. 2U. 
, subsulphurea (1851) Strickl. ; Contr. to Orn. p. 131. 
TrachypUnv^ suhsulphureus 0 854) Bonap. ; Consp. Vol. Zyg. p. 12. 
7 • A 7 7. . (1863) Goffin; Mus. Pays Bas, Bucc. p. 44. 
Megalmma subsulphurea . ■ ■ ■ J . ^ . 
/, , 7 7 (1871) Heugl. ; Orn.N.-0.-Afr.p.763,Anm. 
Megcdcema subsulphurea i,io< i.; lieu^ . , i 
B. minor : sexibus similibus: uropygio aurantiaco: alaribus aurantiaco niarginatis. 
Hab. in Africa occidentali. 
Sexes alike : lores, a line extending below the eyes, and one above them down the sides 
of the neck yellowish white (pure white in some specimens); upper plumage shining blue- 
black • wings and tail dull black ; rump and edges of the feathers of the quills, wing-coverts, 
and tail rich golden-yellow ; throat white; under surface pale yellow; bill black; mdes 
brown ; legs and feet lead-coloured. Length 3"-75, wing 2", tail l"-35. 
The young bird has the under surface dirty greenish yellow. 
Hab. West Africa: Fernando Po (Fmser); Gaboon (Gujon); banks of the Moonda 
ri^er(I)uChaiUu); Fmtee (Sharpe) ; nxer Yolt^ (Ussher) ; Aguapim (m). 
This species has for its distinctive characteristic the rump and edges of the wing- and 
tail-feathers golden-yellow; this colouring separates it from B. biUneata ^^AB. subsulphurea, 
to which it is closely allied. 
The Yellow-bellied Barbet was first described by Mr. Eraser, who gives the following 
account in a paper laid before the Zoological Society in 1843 :— 
"Irides hazel; bill black; legs deep lead-colour. This bird is like a Nuthatch in its 
Additional referenceB.-5.cca subsulphureus: Fraser (1843), Zool. Typ. pL 52. Barbatula Jk.v^.^enU.^^ 
Strickl. (1851), Contr. Orn. p. 162. Barbatula subsulfurea : Hartl. (1854), J. f. 0. p. 195, no. 408 ; id. (18o7 , 
Syst. Orn. Westafr. p. 172 ; Yerr. (1859), P. Z. S. p. 398 ; Sharpe (1871), Cat. Afr. B. p. 16. Megala^ma subsul- 
phurea : Gray (1868), Cat. Brit. Mus. Capit. p. 15, et (1871) Hand-1. of B. XL p. 176. 
