. The birds of South Africa. Birds -- South Africa. CAPITONIDiE TRACHYPHONUS 171 lower breast streaked with crimson and the lower tail-coverts also tinged with the same colour ; under wing-coverts and inner lining of the quills ashy-white. Iris reddish-brown to blood-red; bill light yellowish-green tipped with bluish or dusky ; legs and feet dusky-ash. Length about 8-0 ; wing 3-8 ; tail 3'15 ; culmeu 0-<J5 ; tarsus I'l. In the female the black pectoral band is not so broad, and the red streaks on the lower breast are less marked; the dimensions are about the Fig. 56.—Trachyplionus ca
. The birds of South Africa. Birds -- South Africa. CAPITONIDiE TRACHYPHONUS 171 lower breast streaked with crimson and the lower tail-coverts also tinged with the same colour ; under wing-coverts and inner lining of the quills ashy-white. Iris reddish-brown to blood-red; bill light yellowish-green tipped with bluish or dusky ; legs and feet dusky-ash. Length about 8-0 ; wing 3-8 ; tail 3'15 ; culmeu 0-<J5 ; tarsus I'l. In the female the black pectoral band is not so broad, and the red streaks on the lower breast are less marked; the dimensions are about the Fig. 56.—Trachyplionus cafer. x \. Distribution.—Levaillant's Barbet appears to be most abundant in the Eustenburg division of the Transvaal, whence it extends to Bechuanaland, Ehodesia, and Natal, where, however, it appears to be rare. It has recently been obtained from Nyasaland and has once occurred in southern Angola. The following are recorded localities: Natal—Weenen(Bt. Mus.), Verulam and Echowe (Woodward); Transvaal—Lydenburg dist. (Francis in S. A. Mus.), Eustenburg (Ayres and Barratt); Bechuana- land—Kanye (Exton), Boatlenami (Ayres); Ehodesia—Hanyani river (Marshall); Portuguese east Africa—Tete (Kirk). Habits.—Levaillant's Barbet is not a shy bird though quiet and not often noticed; it is generally found in thick bush whence its loud and peculiar note can be sometimes heard ; Ayres compared this to an alarum clock going off and constantly repeated every few minutes. Sometimes the bird sits on a conspicuous dead branch to go through this performance, and can be seen to jerk its body forward and throw up its bill when producing this sound. Like other Barbets it has a mixed diet consisting of fruits and berries, leaves and insects; Marshall obtained one feeding on the ground among. 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 resembl
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