GrYMNOBUCCO BONAPARTE I. 
(THE HUSKY B A R B E T.) 
Gymnobucco bonapartei 
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Barlatula fuliginosa . 
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Gfymnoeranus fuliginosa 
„ bonapartei 
Megalaima bonapartei 
(1855) Yerr. ; Journ. f. Orn. p. 201. 
(1855) Hartl. ; Journ. f. Orn. p. 263. 
(1855) Cass. ; Proe. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. p. 324. 
. . . (1856) Bonap. ; Compt. Bend. p. 17. 
(1860) Heine; Journ. f. Orn. p. 191. 
(1860) Heine; Journ. f. Orn. p. 191. 
(1863) Goffin ; Hus. P. B. Buec. p. 51. 
d . G. terricolor, olivaceo lavatus : capite summo plumato : setis densis post nares flavieanti-hrunneis. 
5 . Hari similis sed setis post nares nullis. 
Hab. in Africa occidentali. 
Male . — General plumage dark earthy-brown, washed with an olivaceous tinge; the 
shafts of the feathers somewhat paler ; the feathers of the head stiff, lanceolate, and fawn- 
coloured ; the nape washed with cindery-grey ; tail greyish black ; throat grey ; the sides 
of the head rather bare and reddish ; bill horny-brown ; rictal bristles soft and black ; a 
thick bunch of yellowish bristles behind each nostril resembling a small paint-brush, and 
smaller bunches at the base of the mandible and under the chin ; irides reddish yellow ; 
legs and feet black. 
The female wants the bunches of yellowish bristles, but is otherwise similar to the male. 
Hal). West Africa. Gaboon ( Verreaux , Hartlaub ); banks of the Camma River 
(Duchaillu). 
Very little is known of this peculiar bird, which is easily to be recognized from the 
only other species of this genus, G. calvus, on account of its feathered head, which is totally 
Additional references . — Gymnobucco bonapartei : Hartl. (1857) Syst. Orn. W. Afr. p. 175 ; Verr. (1859) P. Z. S. 
p. 397. Megalaima bonapartei : Gray (1868), Cat. Brit. Hus. Capit. p. 17 . 
