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strongly notched near the point. The lower mandible is in- 

 curved at the edges, turned upwards at the point, and notched. 

 The nostrils are oval, situated near the base of the bill, and 

 partly covered by the feathers ; above each is a fascicle of 

 strong black bristles : there is another fascicle on each side of 

 the lower mandible, and a single one on the chin. The tarsi 

 are short, and covered with blackish feathers tipped with red- 

 dish-white, which radiate in such a manner as to form a kind 

 of ring or circle above the toes. The feet are formed for 

 climbing. In young and smaller specimens the colours are 

 much more brilliant ; the head is of a velvet-black ; the neck, 

 breast, abdomen and rump are bright red, and the back is 

 ferruginous. The whole of the wing-coverts are finely and 

 delicately striated with white. The arrangement of the co- 

 lours of the tail is the same as above described. The bill ap- 

 pears to be rather more depressed. In both old and young 

 there is a naked space of the same blue colour as the bill 

 behind the lower mandible, and another above the eyes. The 

 irids are brownish-red. The skin is thin, and the feathers 

 weakly implanted in it, so as easily to be pulled out; and 

 hence it is not easy to prepare good specimens. 



BUCCO. 

 1. BUCCO Philippensis, Linn. 



Chanda. ^j^ 



V 



This species does not appear to be different from the B. Indi- 

 cus ; and the latter name would probably be preferable, as being 

 more general. 



It is found in Sumatra. 



2. BUCCO 



