PSILOPOGON PYROLOPKUS. 
(THE PIRE-TUETED B A R B E T.) 
Psilopogonpyrolopkus (1835) MiiUer ; Tijdsch. v. Nat. Gesch. XL p. .389. 
Bucco^JopKus (1836) 1W;H. Col. pi. 597. 
B^cccotrogon tor.uatus (1852) Y. Mng ; Jahr. Nat. Gesch. Emden, p. 20. 
Pseudobr.co pyrolopkus . . . ■ ■ (1849) Des Murs ; Encyc. H. N. 11. p. 24. 
Megalaimapyrolopha ...... (1863) Goffin ; Cat. Mus. Pays Bas, Buc. p. 3. . 
Ps. sexibus similibus, viridis, setis densis post nares nigris coccineo late marginatis, fronte nigra, occipite 
brunneo. 
Ilab. in insula "Sumatra" dicta. 
Sexes alike; general plumage green; forehead, a spot in front of the eye, and sinciput, 
velvety black ; a white band across the top of the head ; occiput, nape, and sides of the neck 
rich dark brown, with a streak of light green along the sides of the occiput ; upper plumage 
rich dark green; quills brown, inner webs at base, and exterior edge of the primaries, 
yellowish white; sides of the face cindery grey; ear-coverts tipped with pale yellow; chin 
and a broad band across the breast velvety black; throat grass-green, a band of golden 
yellow separates the black from the green; under surface bright grass-green with a golden 
tinge; tail underneath greenish blue; the rictal bristles, which are strongly developed in 
two llrge bunches over the nostrils, are red, with the basal half black; bill yellowish green, 
with a black band across the centre ; irides bright brown ; legs and feet greenish ; wing 4"-5, 
tail 4"-4. 
Hab. Sumatra {MiiUer). 
This beautiful Barbet at present stands alone in a genus of its own. It is most nearly 
allied to Megalwma; but on account of its differently formed bill, with the extraordinary 
Additional references.-5ucco pyrolopkus: Hartlaub (1841), Rev. Zool. p. 337. Psilo„n pyrolopM. -. Gray 
(1846), Gen. of Birds, II. p. 429 ; Eyton (1850), Contr. Orn. pi. 54 ; Eyton (1867), Osteol. Av. p. 46 ; G. R. Gray, 
(1868), Cat. Brit. Mus. Capit. p. 18. 
