POGONORHYNCHUS ABYSSINICUS. 
(THE B L A C K-B ELLIED BARBET.) 
Phytotoma abyssinica . 
Bucco saltii 
Pogonias rubrifrons . 
,, hcematops 
Phytotoma tridaetyla . 
Pogonias brucei . 
Laimodon saltii . 
Pogonias saltii . 
Pogonorhynehus saltii . 
„ abyssinicus 
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(1801) Lath. ; Ind. Orn. Suppl. p. xlix. 
(1814) Stanl. ; Salt, Trav. Abyss. App. p. 4. 
(1823) Swains. ; Zool. 111. pi. 68. 
. (1827) "Wagl. Syst. Av. spec. 4. 
(1801) Daud. ; Tr. d’Orn. II. p. 366. 
(1837) Rupp. ; P. Z. S. p. 50. 
(1846) G. R. Gray ; Gen. of Birds, II. p. 428. 
(1857) Hartl. ; Syst. Orn. W. Afr. p. 170. 
(1861) Heugl. ; Ibis, p. 123. 
. (1863) Goffin ; Mus. Pays-Bas, Buee. p. 5. 
(1868) Gray ; Cat. Brit. Mus. Capit. p. 3. 
P. minor, rostro nigro, supra niger, capite guttureque eoccineis. 
Hah. in parte septentrional! Africee orientalis. 
Sexes alike ; general plumage black ; feathers of the head indistinctly tipped with 
red ; a broad streak over the eye, face, throat, and breast scarlet ; wing-coverts broadly 
edged with greyish white ; quills brown, inner web pale yellowish at base ; primaries 
finely edged on the exterior web with white ; secondaries and tertiaries bordered with 
sulphur-yellow, shading into white towards the tips; bill black. Wing 3" - 2, tail 2". 
Hab. Abyssinia (Pilppell) ; Dongolo (Blanford); Bogos-land, Bejook, Waliko, Gabena- 
weldt-Gonfallon (Jesse). 
This species most resembles P. torguatus in colouring — but cannot be mistaken for it, 
on account of the black upper plumage, which is mottled grey in P. torguatus. Dr. Itiippell, 
in a letter to the Zoological Society in 1837, identifies this bird with Phytotoma tridaetyla 
Additional references. — Bucco saltii: Latham (1822), Gen. Hist. III. p. 238 ; Riippell (1837), P. Z. S. p. 50. 
Pogonias brucei, Riippell (1835), Wirb. Av. t. 20. f. 1. Laimodon saltii: Verreaux (1859), P. Z. S. p. 396; Bonaparte 
(1854), Consp. Volucr. Zygod. p. 12. Pogonorhynehus abyssinicus: Blanf. Abyss, p. 309. 
