BARBATULA ATROFLAVA. 
(TIIE BLACK AND YELLOW BAEBET.) 
Bucco atroflavus 
La Barbion a dos rouge . 
Bucco erytlironotus . 
Megalaima atroflava 
Barbatula atroflavus 
,, atroflava . 
,, erytlironotus 
(1805) Blumenb. ; Abb. nat. Geg. t. 65. 
(1806) Le Yaill. Barbus, No. 57. 
(1817) Cuvier ; Regn. An. p. 428. 
(1846) G. R. Gray; Gen. of B. II. p. 430. 
(1850) Bonap. ; Consp. Av. I. p. 145. 
(1851) Strickland ; Contr. Orn. p. 135. 
(1851) Yerreaux; Rev. de Zool. p. 262. 
B. sexibus similibus : uropygio rubro : supra nitenti-nigra. 
Hab. in Africa occidentali. 
Sexes alike ; upper plumage and sides of the face metallic blue-black ; lores and a line 
below the eye white ; rump bright scarlet ; quills and tail brownish black ; the lesser 
wing-coverts broadly tipped with yellow ; the greater wing-coverts and the secondaries 
narrowly edged, and the tail-feathers thinly pencilled with the same colour ; a superciliary 
ray and a line along the cheeks yellow ; throat bright yellow ; the rest of the under surface 
pale greenish yellow ; bill black ; rictal bristles strongly developed ; legs and feet plumbeous ; 
wing 2"' 25. , 
The young bird wants the bright yellow of the throat, and has the upper plumage 
duller and more edged with yellow. 
Hab. West Africa. Liberia, Aguapim, Galam, Gaboon, Moonda (Yerreaux)-, Fantee 
( Ussher, mus. Ii. 1>. Sharpe). 
Additional references. — Bucco atroflavus : Sparrm. Act. Suee. XVIII. t. 9 ; Hartlaub (1841), Rev. Zool. p. 337. 
Bucco erytlironotus : Cuv. (1829) Regn. An. p. 458 ; Lesson (1831), Traite d’Orn. p. 144 ; Hartlaub (1841), Rev. Zool. 
p. 337. Megalaima atroflava : Goffin (1863), Cat. Mus. Pays-Bas, Bucc. p. 42 ; G. R. Gray (1868), Cat. Brit. Mus 
Capit. p. 14. Barbatula atroflava : Hartlaub (1854), Journ. f. Orn. p. 196 ; Bonaparte (1854), Consp. Vol. Zyg 
p. 12. Sp. 17 ; Hartlaub (1857), Syst. Orn. W. Afr. p. 172. No. 514; Yerreaux (1859), P. Z. S. p. 398. Barbatula 
erytlironotus-. Strickland (1851), Contr. Orn. p. 135. Sp. 25. 
