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yellow at the ends, below these again there are 

 others margined with yellow : the quills are black, 

 bordered with yellow ; the four middle feathers of 

 the tail are black, the rest black, fringed with 

 yellow : the legs are black. 



There is a specimen of this bird in the British 

 Museum, said to have been brought from the 

 Cape of Good Hope, agreeing with the above de- 

 scription in every respect, except that the rump is 

 of a beautiful yellow. It has been described by 

 Sonnerat, who says it inhabits the Philippine 

 Islands. 



RED-FRONTED BARBET. 

 (Bucco rufifrons.) 



Bu, Gula, jugule, pectore collogue postice nigris; fronte rubro ; 



collo utrinque strigis dualus abdomineque albidis ; dorso, alls, 



caudaque flwvis nigro variis. 

 Barbet with the throat, jugulum, breast and neck behind black ; 



forehead red ; neck on both sides with two striae, and with 



the abdomen whitish; wings and tail yellow varied with, 



black. 



Le Barbu a" plastron noir. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 6. 104. 

 Barbu du Cap de Bonne Esperance. Buff. PI. Enl. 688. 1. 

 Bucco niger /3. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 204. 8. 



THIS species is six inches and a half in length : 

 the beak is black : forehead crimson ; from whence 

 there is a black stripe which passes over the head, 

 and down the back part of the neck to the back : 

 the sides of the head and neck are white, with the 



