POGONORHYNCHUS VIEILLOTI. 
(VIEILLOT’S BARBET.) 
Le Barbu rubicon 
Pogonias vieilloti 
Le Barbu brun&tre . 
Bucco fuscescens 
Pogonias senegalensis 
„ rubescens . 
,, rubicon 
Laimodon vieilloti 
Pogonorhynchus vieilloti 
(1807) Levaill. ; Barbus, p. 43, Suppl. fig. D. 
(1815) Leach ; Zool. Misc. t. 97. 
(1816) Vieill. ; N. 1). d’Hist. Nat. III. p. 241. 
(1816) Yieill. ; N. D. d’Hist. Nat. III. p. 241. 
(1823) Licht. ; Yerz. Doubl. p. 9. 
(1825) Temm. ; PI. Col. Texte, p. 34. 
(1829) Cut. ; Eegu. Anim. p. 457. 
(1846) Gray; Gen. of B. II. p. 428. 
(1850) Strickl. ; P. Z. S. p. 219. 
P. minor, rostro nigro : supra terricolor : gutture pectoreque coccineo maculatis. 
Hab. in Africa occidentali et orientali. 
Sexes alike ; head and nape vermilion, with the basal half of the feathers black ; 
upper plumage earthy-brown; the sides of the neck and back variegated with white, the 
lower back with dull yellow; secondaries and inner cubitals finely bordered with the 
same colour ; under surface yellowish white ; the feathers of the sides of the head, throat, 
breast, and middle of the abdomen broadly tipped with vermilion ; irides deep red ; bill 
black ; legs and feet dusky brown. Wing 2"*7, tail l" - 8. 
Hab. Senegal ( Verreaux ) ; Gaboon ( Verrecmx ) ; Gold Coast, Fant ee (Sharpe); Elmina 
(Weiss); Nubia (Verreaux); Cordofan (Strickland). 
There is no other species with which this bird can be confounded ; its strangely spotted 
Additional references. — Pogonias vieilloti : Less. (1831), Traite d’Orn. p. 160 ; Hartl. (1850), Contr. Orn. p. 131 ; 
Hartl. (1857), Orn. W. Afr. p. 170; Dohrn (1866), P. Z. S. p. 331. Laimodon vieilloti : Bp. (1854), Consp. Yol. 
Zyg. p. 12; Yerr. (1859), P. Z. S. p. 396. Pogonorhynchus vieilloti : Heugl. (1861), Ibis, p. 123; Golf. (1863), 
Mus. Pays-Bas, Bucc. p. 6 ; Gray (1868), Cat. B. M. Capit. p. 4; Sharpe (1869), Ibis, p. 193; id. (1871), Cat. 
Afr. B. p. 15. Pogonias rubescens : Wagler (1827), Syst. Av. Pogonias, no. 5. 
