salt's, or BLACK-BODIED BARBUT. 171 
but this we shall take no farther notice of. It 
seems to inhabit both Abyssinia and Sierra Leone, 
and according to Mr. Salt, clings to the branches 
of trees like a woodpecker. Not having the ori- 
ginal specimen before us, from which our first de- 
scription was taken, we are compelled to omit the 
details of its measurement. 
Total length, 6 inches; hill blackish, with two 
distinct teeth in the upper mandible ; general co- 
lour of the whole plumage glossy black, except the 
fore part (and sides) of the head and of the throat, 
which are of a bright crimson ; the wings and tail 
are dark brown ; the external margin, both of the 
greater and lesser wing-covers are whitish, while 
those of the lesser quills and tertials are sulphur- 
yellow; the inner wing-covers are entirely white. 
Tail black, 2 inches long ; the feathers hroad and 
even. 
