POGONORHYNCHUS DIADEMATUS. 
(THE CROWNED BARBET.) 
Laimodon diadematus . . . (1856) Heugl. ; Syst. Uebers. "V og. N. 0. Afr. p. 47, et Beitr. t. 28. f. 1. 
Pogonorhynchus diadematus . . (1861) Heugl. ; Ibis, p. 126, pi. 5. fig. 3. 
„ „ . • (1863) Goffin ; Mus. Pays-Bas, Buec. p. 9. 
„ „ . . (1864) Hougl. ; Orn. N. 0. Afr. tab. xxvii. 
„ „ . . (1868) Gray; Cat. Brit. Mus. Capit. p. 4. 
P. minor : rostro nigro : fronte rubra : occipite nigro : gutture toto albo. 
Hab. in Africa oriental! 
Sexes alike ; forehead and top of the head crimson, upper plumage and a broad line 
down the sides of the head and neck black ; a stripe above the eye sulphur-yellow, shading 
into white down the sides of the occiput and nape; back and wing-coveits h regular 1} 
striped with bright yellow', the rump being almost entirely of that colour ; the feathers of 
the shoulders broadly edged with white; quills and tail brown, exterior webs narrowly 
bordered with bright yellow ; under surface entirely white, with a yellowish tinge on the 
breast ; wing 3", tail 2". 
Hab. Banks of the Bahr-el-Abiad ( Ileuglin ). 
“ Only found in the wide steppes of the Kitsch negroes, between 7 and 8 north 
latitude, on the western bank of the Bahr-el-Abiad. It is common on high trees, especially 
in the colossal sycamores. Its food consists of insects, berries, and fruit , it has a loud and 
lively note.” ( Ileuglin , 1. c.) 
This very rare species was first described by V on Heuglin ; he has given two figures of 
