. The birds of South Africa. Birds. CAPITONIDa; TEICHOL^MA 161 Oates, Matabeleland, p. 305 (1881) ; Symonds, Ibis, 1887, p. 329 [Kroonstad] ; Bendall, Ibis, 1896, p. 168 [BarbertonJ. Pogonorhynchus niger, Efolub d Peh. Orn. Siid-Afr. p. 161 (1882). Trioholaema leucomelan, Shelley, Ibis, 1889, p. 476 ; id. Cat. B. M. xix, p. 31 (1891) ; id. B. Afr. i, p. 127 (1896) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1897, p. 500 [Zululand] ; Woodward Bros. Natal B. p. 109 (1899); Ivy, Ibis, 1901, p. 22 [Port Elizabeth]. Description. Adult.—Crown of the head red; a conspicuous eyebrow, yellow in front, becoming white posteriorly;
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. CAPITONIDa; TEICHOL^MA 161 Oates, Matabeleland, p. 305 (1881) ; Symonds, Ibis, 1887, p. 329 [Kroonstad] ; Bendall, Ibis, 1896, p. 168 [BarbertonJ. Pogonorhynchus niger, Efolub d Peh. Orn. Siid-Afr. p. 161 (1882). Trioholaema leucomelan, Shelley, Ibis, 1889, p. 476 ; id. Cat. B. M. xix, p. 31 (1891) ; id. B. Afr. i, p. 127 (1896) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1897, p. 500 [Zululand] ; Woodward Bros. Natal B. p. 109 (1899); Ivy, Ibis, 1901, p. 22 [Port Elizabeth]. Description. Adult.—Crown of the head red; a conspicuous eyebrow, yellow in front, becoming white posteriorly; back and wing-coverts black with oval spots of sulphur-yellow, the rump and upper tail-coverts almost entirely yellow; scapulars and inner secondaries black edged with white; wings and tail-quills brownish- black edged with sulphur-yellow; a black stripe runs through the eye and ear-coverts bordered by a broad white malar stripe; chin and throat black ; rest of the under parts, including the under wing- coverts, white, the flanks and under tail-coverts with a few black streaks. Iris dark brown; bill, with a considerable notch on the edge of the upper mandible, black; legs and feet Pig. 53.—Tricholcema leucomelas. x \. Length 6-3 ; tail 1-95 ; wing ; culmen 0-80 ; tarsus 0-85. The sexes are alike, and the young birds are somewhat duller in colour, and have the black streaks on the lower surface more numerous and conspicuous. Distribution.—The Pied Barbet is fairly abundant throughout the greater part of our area from the Cape division to the Okavango, with the exception of Natal proper and Mashonaland, where it has not yet been met with. Beyond our limits it extends only into Angola. 11 VOL. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stark, Arthur Cowell, d. 1899; Sclater, W
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