Dr. G. Hartlaub on a new Barbet. 
109 
Note. —Most of the figures in Marshalls' Monograph are 
very good; but the letterpress accompanying them is not 
equally meritorious. For instance, we read in the Latin 
diagnosis of this species, “ subtus squamatus," and in the 
description “ entire head black " ! 
4. Trachyphonus boehmi, Fisch. & Reich. 
Trachyphonus boehmi , Fisch. & Reich. Cab. Journ. f. Orn. 
1879, p. 342 (“ Tr.squamiceps, Heugl."); Schalow,ibid. 1883, 
p. 346 (“ Tr. maryaritatus, Rupp.") ; Cab. Journ. f. 0.1878, 
p. 240 (“ Tr. arnaudi , Prev. & Dum."); G. A. Fischer, ibid. 
1885, p. 125; id. Uebers. Yog. Masail. in Zeitschr. ges. 
Orn. i. p. 371. 
Pare, Aruscha in the Masai country, G. A. Fischer ; 
^common from Mkaramo to Mossiro," G. A. Fischer ; 
Uniamwesi, Bohm ; Taita and IJgogo, Bohm , Mus. Berol.; 
Barawa, South Somali coastl. (2° N. lat.), G. A . Fischer: 
Abdul Gindi, Mus. Paris ( fide Oustalet). 
Three specimens of this fine species are before me :— a. 
Adult, sex unknown; Barawa, Nov. 11. b. Adult male; 
Mrumi in IJgogo : Bohm , Sept. 1, 1880. c. Male, not quite 
adult; Pare : Fischer. 
The following is a description of the adult bird from 
Barawa:— 
T. pileo subcristato nigro, immaculato; capitis et colli 
lateribus gulaque lsete sulphureo-flavis, nigro minutissime 
maculatis; plumulis nonnullis supraciliaribus flavo- 
rubentibus; collo postico, interscapulio, alarum tectri- 
cibus scapularibusque in fundo pallide fuscescente 
maculis parvulis rotundatis flavescenti-albidis, strictis- 
sime nigro-limbatis ; tergo, uropygio et supracaudalibus 
dilute flavis ; rectricibus fuscis, supra albo-maculatis, 
subtus albo-fasciatis; scutello gutturali magno subro- 
tundato chalybeo-nigro; pectore et epigastrio flavis, 
maculis minutissimis nigris rarius notatis; fascia pectorali 
interrupta e plumis nigris macula apicali rotundata alba 
ornatis composita; abdomine inferiore pallidius flaves- 
cente ; subcaudalibus coccineis; rostro pallente corneo; 
pedibus nigricantibus. Long, circa 172 mill., culm. 17 
mill., al. 76 mill., caud. 88 milk 
In this specimen the spots and bars of the tail are very 
regular and sharply defined; the reddish colour over and 
