GREATER PIED BARBET. 



(Bucco macrorhynchos.) 



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Bu. niger; fronte, gula,jugulo t dbdomine caudaque apice albis. 



Black Barbet, with the forehead, throat, front of the neck, 



abdomen, and tip of the tail white. 

 Bucco macrorhynchos. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 406. Lath. Ind. 



Orn. 1. 203. 5. 



Tamatia noir et blanc. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 7. 99. 

 Le plus grand Barbu a gros bee. Buff. Pi. tinl. 689. 

 Greater pied Barbet. Lath. Syn. 2. 498. 5. 



THIS species is remarkable for the size of its 

 beak, which considerably exceeds that of the 

 other species both in length and thickness ; it is 

 much hooked, and black : the forehead is white: 

 the crown of the head and nape black; on the 

 front, this colour reaches downward, and nearly 

 surrounds the eye : the forehead, throat, and fore 

 part of the neck with the sides beneath the eye 

 are white, extending in a narrow collar round the 

 nape behind : the lower part of the neck, back, 

 and wing-coverts, are black, bordered with dusky 

 white : across the breast is a band of black : the 

 quills and tail are also black ; but the feathers of 

 the latter have white tips : the belly and vent 

 white : the sides and thighs black and white 

 mixed j the legs dusky. Found at Cayenne, 



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