BARBATULA LEUCOLiEMA 
(THE WHITE-THUOATED BARBET.) 
■ Barhatula leucolaima (1851) Verr. ; Eev. et Mag. de Zool. p. 262. 
Megalcma leucolaima (1863) Goff. ; Mus. Pays Bas, Bucc. p. 46. 
B. sexibussimilibus: supra nitid(^ nigra : uropygio sulpliureo : alaribus sulphureo marginatis. 
Hah. in Africa occidental!. 
Sexes alike; lores and a line extending below the eyes and one above them down 
the sides of the neck snow-white; upper plumage shining blue-black; rump and upper 
tail-coverts bright sulphur-yellow; wings and tail dull black, all the feathers, including 
those of the coverts, being edged with sulphur-yellow; throat and upper breast and under 
surface of the body generally pale lemon-yellow; bill black; irides dark brown; legs 
and feet lead-colour. Wing 2-0, tail 1-2. 
The young bird has the yellow of the under surface washed with cindery grey. 
Hah. West Africa: Senegal {Verreaux); Gold Coast (Nagtglas) ; Fantee {Sharjje); 
Gaboon (Verreaux). 
The present species is very nearly allied to Barhatula suhsul^hurea, the sole difference 
being in the colour of the rump and the edges of the wing-feathers -the former bird having 
these sulphur-yellow, and the latter golden-yellow. 
It appears to be a common bird in the Fantee and Gaboon countries, as numerous 
specimens have been received from these localities by Mr. R. B. Sharpe. 
Additional references.-5a.J..«^a leucoUma: StricM. (1851), Contr. Orn. P- 1^5; Bonap. (l^^^) Consp. Yol 
Zyg p 12 ; Hartl. (1857), Syst. Orn. Westafr. p. 173 ; Verreaux (1859), P. Z. S. p. 398 ; Gray (1868), Cat. Bnt. 
Mus. Capit. p. 15 ; Sharpe (1869), Ibis, p. 193 ; Gray (1870), Hand-l. of B. II. p. 176. 
