X.YLOBUOCO DUOHAILLUI. 
(DU CHAILLU’S BARBET.) 
Barbatula duohaillui 
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Barbatula formosa 
Pogonias duohaillui 
Buocanodon duohaillui 
Megalcoima duohaillui 
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(1855) Cass. Proc. Acad. Phil., p. 324. 
(1869) Sharpe, Ibis, p. 193. 
(1855) Yerr. Pev. et Mag. de Zool., p. 213, pi. 5. 
(1857) Hartl. Orn. Westafr., p. 171. 
(1859) Verr. P.Z.S., p. 397. 
(1862) Coffin in Schl. Mus. Pays Bas Buccones, p. 39. 
(1868) Gray Cat. Capit. Brit. Mus., p. 13. 
X. sexibus simillibus : pileo coccineo : 
punctatis : corpora subtus flavo transfasciato. 
capite postico nucha dorsoque purpuraseenti-nigris, hoc flavo 
Hah. In AfricA occidental!. 
Adult. Crown of the head brilliant crimson, nape deep purplish-blue unspotted; 
upper part of the back, scapulars, and wing-coverts, deep purplish-blue spotted with chrome- 
yellow; lower part of the back, rump, and upper tail-coverts black, thickly banded with 
chrome-yellow; greater wing-coverts black, edged with chrome; quills brown, white at 
the base, secondaries edged externally with chrome ; tail blackish-brown above, pale brown 
underneath ; a superciliarystripe extending down the sides of the neck chrome ; throat, cheeks, 
and ear-coverts deep purplish-blue ; rest of the under surface black,’; thickly marked with 
broad transverse bands of chrome; bill black ; legs and feet pale plumbeous ; irides brown. 
Young. Similar to the adult, but wanting the crimson head ; the black is less lustrous, 
the yellow paler, and the whole plumage duller than in the old bird ; bill yellow tipped 
with black. 
Hah. West Africa: Moonda River (Du Chaillu) ; Gaboon ( Verreaux); Fantee (Sharpe). 
This handsome little Barbet was originally described by the late Mr. Cassin in 1855 ; 
