THE BIRDS OF LIBERIA 693 
TROGONIFORMES 
TROGONIDAE Trogons 
Apaloderma narina narina (Stephens). Narina Trogon 
Trogon narina Stephens, in Shaw’s General Zool., vol. 9, p. 14, 1815: Knysna. 
Length about 11 inches; above a beautiful bronzy green, the tail steel blue with narrow green 
edging; naked area on side of head grayish blue to yellow crossed by a band of green feathers, lower 
side and under tail-coverts rose-red; wing-coverts and secondaries finely vermiculated with white 
and dark gray, primaries narrowly edged with white. Africa. 
This trogon is found in African forests generally, but must be a rare bird 
in Liberia. The only record is of a male taken by Stampfli on the Junk River 
and recorded by Biittikofer (1886, p. 262). 
PICIFORMES 
CAPITONIDAE Barbets 
Tricholaema hirsutum (Swainson). MHairy-breasted Toothbill 
Pogonias hirsutus Swainson, Zool. Illustr., vol. 2, p. 22, pl. 72, 1821: Gold Coast. 
Length about 7 inches; head and throat black, with white eyebrow stripe; back and wing- 
coverts black with yellowish spots, the coverts edged with same; rump, wings, and tail black with 
narrow yellowish edges to the feathers; breast-feathers with long hair-like prolongations of the 
shafts, yellowish; below yellow with round black spots. Liberia to Gold Coast. 
An uncommon species of the borders of high forest. Bittikofer records 
four taken at Soforé Place and near Buluma, one from the Du (Stampfli), and 
a few from Schieffelinsville, but there are no other records nor did we meet 
with it. Buttikofer says it is usually seen in pairs, and appears a sluggish 
bird, with a monotonous song “‘which the survivor continues with indifference 
after its mate is shot.” ‘They live on insects and larvae picked from branches 
or from under old bark. 
Gymnobucco calvus calvus (Lafresnaye). Naked-faced Barbet 
Bucco calvus Lafresnaye, Rev. Zool., 1841, p. 241: Ashanti. 
Size of a large sparrow, 7 inches; plain brown throughout, paler below. The crown and sides 
of the head are bare, and blackish blue in life. A tuft of short buffy bristles is present at the chin; 
bill pale. Liberia to southern Nigeria. 
This peculiar bald-headed bird is generally distributed, but we did not find 
it anywhere common; indeed we saw less than half a dozen in all. Two of 
these were evidently a mated pair, and were found sitting stolidly on the dead 
twigs of small trees at the edge of a forest. A fledgling brought in to us at 
Moylakwelli, October 29, had its crown well feathered to the base of the bill, 
as well as the side of its head except for a bare ring around the eye and the 
ear opening, indicating that the bald condition of the head is acquired with 
later plumages. 
