TRACHYPHONUS SQUAMICEPS. 
(LESSER PEARL-SPOTTED BAR BE T.) 
Tracliyphonus squamiceps (1857) Heugl. Syst. Uebers, p. 47. 
(1857) Hartl. Orn. W. Afr. p. 176, note. 
„ „ ..... (1861) Heugl. Ibis, p. 125. 
..... (1868) G. E. Gr. Cat. Brit. Mus. Capit. p. 18. 
Capito squamiceps . (1863) Goffin, Mus. Pays Bas. Bucc. p. 70. 
T. sexibus similibua : minor : supra terricolor, albo punctatus : occipite cristato : subtus squamatus. 
Hah. in Africa septentrionali-orientali. 
Sexes alike ; entire head, which is fully crested, black ; the feathers are elastic and 
hornlike in structure and barred with fiery yellow ; back and wings earthy brown, with round 
cream coloured spots near the tip of each feather; these spots are only on the exterior web of 
the primaries and secondaries ; their inner webs are pale yellowish at the base ; the lower 
back and rump earthy brown, barred with sulphur yellow ; upper tail-coverts sulphur yellow. 
The tail is dark brown, long, and slightly rounded, the outer pair of feathers barred, the 
remainder spotted with yellowish white, the spots lessening towards the centre pair. The 
cheeks, throat, and breast are sulphur yellow, each feather tipped with a small round black 
spot, the throat is washed with scarlet, a few feathers in the centre of the breast barred with 
black, forming an irregular spot ; the abdomen and vent are pale yellow, indistinctly 
speckled with light brown ; flanks and under wing-coverts grey, under tail-coverts bright 
scarlet. Bill ashy flesh cobalt, irides brown. Legs and feet plumbeous. Wing 2*6, 
tail 2*8, length 6 inches. 
Hah. North Eastern Africa ; Western shore of the Bahr-el-abiad [Heuglin). 
This beautiful little Barbet is a comparatively recent addition to the known species of 
this family. It was discovered by Dr. von Heuglin in Eastern Africa, and according to his 
account, its habits are sociable, and its breeding and food the same as those of P. diadematus. 
