BARBATULA UROPYGIALIS. 
(THE E I E R Y-R UMPED BARBET.) 
Barbatula pusilla, j)t. .... . (1861) Heugl. ; Ibis, p. 124. 
„ uropyrjialis ..... (1862) Heugl. ; J. f. 0. p. 37. 
Megcilaima uropyrjialis ..... (1863) Goffin ; Hus. Pays Bas, Bucc. p. 42. 
,, ,, ..... (1868) Gray ; Cat. Brit. Hus. Capit. p. 14. 
„ „ (1871) Gray; Hand-1, of B. II. p. 177. 
„ „ (1871) Heugl. ; Orn. N.-O.-Afr. I. p. 761, tab. xxviii. 
B. maxilla mandibulaque Eequaliter curvatis ; supra, nigra flavo striata : pileo antico rubro : uropygio aurantiaco. ■ 
Ilab. in Africa septentr.-orientali. 
Sexes alike ; a narrow line of white crossing the forehead and widening out on to the 
cheeks ; next to that a narrow frontal line of black, and then a patch of scarlet ; hind part 
of the head and upper surface of the body black streaked and margined with bright golden, 
the rump very distinctly tinged with orange; quills and tail also black margined with 
golden ; ear-coverts and a moustachial stripe black ; under surface of the body yellowish, 
with a slight greenish tinge ; bill blackish ; feet dusky lead-colour ; iris dusky. 
Hah. Resident on the mountains of Bogos and Beni-Amer, on the Blue Nile up to 
Chartum, at Mareb, and probably also in the warmer parts of Abyssinia ( Von Heuglin). 
This species is confined to North-Eastern Africa, and has probably been confounded 
with B. chrysocoma, from which, however, it is easily distinguished by the orange rump 
and scarlet forehead. It was not obtained, curiously enough, by Messrs. Blanford and 
Jesse during their excursion into the Bogos country, though these gentlemen found B. 
pusilla there. 
Dr. von Heuglin gives the following account of the species : — - 
“ It lives singly and retired, in thick brushwood, near the ants’ nests, on old trunks of 
dead trees, and in acacia-, willow-, and Asclepia- thickets alongside of the water. The 
pairing-time appears to be from July to September; for then the male sits in a more 
open position on the dry branches, and utters a loud sweet note, which may be rendered 
dui-dui-dui-dui-dui, and which can be heard a long distance off. This pretty species 
