LITTLE BARBET. 

 (Bucco parvus.) 



Bu .fulvO'fuscuS) sultus albidusfusco striatus ; gula lutea ; striga 



suboculari pallida . 

 Fulvous-brown Barbet, beneath whitish striated with brown; 



throat yellow ; and with a pale streak beneath the eyes. 

 Bucco parvus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 407. Lath. Ind. Orn. I. 



204. $. 



Le petit Barbu. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 7. 105. 

 Barbu du Senegal. Buff. PI. Enl 746. 2. 

 Little Barbet. Lot. Syn. 2. 503. 9. 



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THIS is one of the smallest of the genus, being 

 only four inches in length. The beak is brown ; 

 the upper parts of the body blackish-brown with a 

 fulvous tinge ; and on the quills and tail a shade 

 of green : the quill-feathers are white on the 

 edges ; the under parts of the body are white, 

 marked with brown stripes : the throat yellow : 

 there is a short streak at the angles of the 

 mouth, beneath the eye, sometimes whitish, some- 

 times yellow : the legs are pale red or flesh colour; 

 Inhabits Senegal. 



