COLLARED BARBET. 

 (Bucco capensis.) 



BXJ. rvfus, fascia humeralifulva, pectorali nigra ; gula ventreque 



albidis; cauda transversim nigro lineata. 

 Rufous Barbet, with a band on the shoulders fulvous, on the 



breast, black; throat and belly whitish; tail transversely 



striated with black. 

 Bucco capensis. Lin. Syst. Nat. 1. 168. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 



1. 406. 

 Tamatia a collier. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 7. 97. 4. Cm. Tab. 



Elem. 234. 



Barbu a collier. Buffi PI. Enl. 305. 

 Collared Barbet. Lath. Syn. 2. 497. 3. 



LENGTH seven inches and a quarter : the beak 

 nearly an inch and a half in length, horn co- 

 loured : the upper part of the head, the nape, 

 and hind part of the neck rufous, striated with 

 five lines of black : the sides of the head plain 

 rufous : at the lower part of the neck near the 

 back, is a narrow fulvous band, which extends 

 forwards towards the neck, on each side ; accom- 

 panied by a narrower one of black, which unites 

 to a broader one on the breast; beyond this, the 

 back, wings, and rump, are rufous, striated with 

 black : the throat and fore part of the neck are 

 dirty white : on the breast is a broad band of 

 black : from thence to the vent rufous white : the 

 belly sometimes yellowish : the tail rufous, two 

 inches and a quarter in length, crossed with nar- 



