XYLOBUCCO SCOLOPACEUS. 
(THE YELLOW- SPECK LED BAEBET.) 
Bwcco scolopaceus . 
Barbatula stellata . 
„ scolopaceus 
Xylobucco scolopaceus 
Barbatula flavisquamata, 
Megalaima scolopacea 
„ stellata . 
Temm. ; MS. 
(1843) Fraser ; P. Z. S. p. 4. 
(1854) Bonap. ; Consp. Yol. Zyg. p. 12. 
(1854) Hartl. ; Cab. Journ. Orn. p. 195. 
(1855) Verr. ; Cab. Journ. Orn. p. 101. 
(1863) Goffin ; Cat. Mus. Pays-Bas, Buce. p. 47. 
(1868) G. B. Gray; Cat. Brit. Mus. Capit. p. 16. 
X. sexibus similibus : minor : supra terrieolor, flavipunctatus. 
Hah. in Africa occidentali. 
Sexes alike ; upper plumage brownish black, irregularly variegated with yellow, duller 
on the head, and more brilliant on the lower back and upper tail-coverts ; wings and tail 
brown, the exterior webs finely bordered with yellow ; throat pale greenish white ; under 
surface of a dull yellow colour ; the base of the interior web of the quills white ; bill 
black ; iris yellow ; legs blackish ; bristles black and strong. Length about 4"‘75, wing 2"T, 
Hah. West Africa. Gold Coast ( Nagtglas ); Fantee (Sharpe)-, Dabocrom (Pel)-, Fer- 
nando Po (Fraser)-, Calabar, Gaboon (Verreaux)-, Moonda and Camma Rivers (Du Chaillu). 
The Yellow-speckled Barbet is the type of the genus Xylobucco of Bonaparte ; there is 
only one other species, Du Chaillu’s Barbet, which has the forehead red, and the ground- 
colour of the back deep purplish blue. 
Additional references. — Bucco scolopaceus-. Bonaparte (1850), Consp. Av. p. 141. Barbatula stellata: Jardine 
(1851), Contr. Orn. p. 155. Xylobucco scolopaceus: Hartlaub (1854), Cab. Journ. Orn. p. 195, no. 406; Yerreaux 
(1859), P. Z. S. p. 4 ; Sharpe (1871), Cat. Afr. B. p. 15. Megalaima scolopacea : G. B. Gray (186S), Cat. Brit. Mus. 
Capit. p. 15. 
tail l" - 5. 
