YELLOW-THROATED BARBET. 21 



Is found in the country of Maynas, on the bor- 

 ders of the river Amazon, in South America, and 

 is much more lively than most of its kind, as well 

 as more agreeable in its shape, not being so clum- 

 sily made, and more beautiful in its general ap- 

 pearance. 



YELLOW-THROATED BARBET. 

 (Bucco philippensis.) 



Bu. viridis, subtus Jlamcans olivaceo maculatus : gula capiteque 



lateribusjlavis ; vertice juguloque rubris. 

 Green Barbet, beneath m yellowish spotted with olive ; throat and 



sides of the head yellow; top andjugulum red. 

 Bucco philippensis. JBm. 4. 99. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 407 '* 



Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 203. 7.- Cuv. des an. 234. 1. 

 Barbu & gorge jaune. Buff". Hist. Nat. Ois. 7. 102. 5. 

 Barbu des Philippines. Buff. PL Enl. 331. 

 Yellow-throated Barbet. Lath. Syn. 2. 500. 7. 



LENGTH five inches and a half: the beak brown, 

 rather thick, and almost an inch in length : the 

 top of the head, as far as the crown, red ; the rest 

 of the head, with the upper parts of the body, 

 wings, and tail, dull green : on each side of the 

 head is a large yellow spot, in the middle of 

 , which the eye is placed : the throat and fore part 

 of the neck are yellow: on the upper part of the 

 breast is a transverse broad band of red : the rest 

 of the under parts dirty yellow : longitudinally 

 streaked with dull green : the legs yellowish, 

 claws brown. The female differs from the male in 



