Barbets of North-Eastern Africa, published in the Ibis for 1861 (l.c.). A plate accompanied 
the description, but it is a very inferior one. He states that it is “common on the banks 
“ of upper Bahr-el-Abiad, among the foliage of the high trees ; the stomachs of speci- 
“ mens obtained were full of berries, wild figs, and insects. The faces of the birds were 
“ in several instances stained yellow with the juice of the berries they had been eating.” 
The first naturalist who sent home specimens of this Barbet was Brun-Rollet. He 
obtained them on the White Nile. They were presented to the Turin Museum, but as far 
as we can find out no account of their habits was recorded at the time. 
The original description from these specimens was given by Defillipi in the “ Revue 
Zoologique” for 1853 (l.c.). 
This Barbet is rare in collections. The description and accompanying plate is taken 
from a male belonging to the Leiden Museum, which Professor Schlegel very kindly lent 
to us and permitted us to take to England for comparison and figuring in this work, an act 
of courtesy which can only be fully appreciated by those who know the value of rare speci- 
mens. This identical bird was obtained in Bongo by Yon Heuglin. 
