B A R B E T. 501 



Le Barbu de l'lfle deLujon, Son. Voy. p. 68. t. 34, S. 



Le Barbu a gorge noire, Buf. oif. vii. p. 103. THROATED 1 



Br, Mu/. B. 



'"PHIS is a little bigger, and fomewhat longer in fhape, than the Description. 



common Grofbeak. The bill is blackilh: the forehead of a 

 fine red : the top, hind part of the head, throat, and neck, are 

 black: above each eye is a curved ftripe of yellow, which, as it 

 proceeds downwards, becomes white, and defcends in a ftrait line 

 to the lower part of the neck on each fide ; under this is a black 

 fbripe ; and between this and the throat is a band of white, 

 which goes on to, and blends itfelf with the bread ; which, as well 

 as the belly, fides, thighs, and under tail coverts, is white : the 

 middle of the back is black -, but the fide feathers between the 

 neck and back have a yellow fpot on each r wing coverts black ; 

 four of them are fringed with white, and one with yellow, form- 

 ing a fbripe acrofs the wing : beneath this fome of the feathers are 

 ipotted with yellow at the ends ; and frill below thefe there are 

 other feathers which have yellow margins : the quills are black, 

 bordered with yellow : the four middle tail feathers black ; die 

 others black, fringed with yellow : the legs are black. 



Inhabits the Philippine IJles. Placs, 



A fpecimen of this is now in the Britijh Mufeuin, faid to have 

 been brought from the Cape of Good Hope. The length of this 

 bird is feven inches: the colour of the plumage the famej 

 added, that the rump is of a beautiful yellow. 



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