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PICID^E. 



Po. supra fuscis, maculis sulphureis ; subtus sulphureus maculis 

 nigris interslriatis ; capite juguloque nigris ; pectoris pliimis 

 elongatts, pilis setaceis terminatis. 



Barbican above brovru^ spotted with sulphur; beneath sulphureous^ 

 with black spots : head and chin black ; feathers of the breast 

 lengthened, and ending in long setaceous hairs. 



Inhabits Africa. ** Length about seven inches : 

 beak bluish-black, one inch two lines long, and large 

 in proportion, the two teeth in the middle very pro- 

 minent : behind the eye is a short white stripe, and an- 

 other much longer begins from the under mandible, 

 and goes half-way down the neck : the chin and part 

 of the throat, together with the head and neck above, 

 deep black, which changes to a dark brown on the 

 back, wings, coverts, and tail : a small round sulphur 

 spot is on the tip of each feather of the hind-head, 

 back, and lesser wing-coverts : the quills pale brown, 

 margined with sulphur: the under plumage is greenish 

 sulphur, closely spotted with blackish : the feathers 

 of the breast are more rigid than the others^ pointed, 

 and the shaft of the lower ones end in fine incurved 

 setaceous hairs, many of which are nearly an inch 

 long." — Swainson, 



GENUS CCXXIII.— BLJCCO, Linne. BAKBET. 



Rostrum basi vibrissis tec- 

 tum, lateratim compres- 

 sum, crassum, supra con- 

 vexum : mandibula supe- 

 rior versus apicem emargi- 

 nata, curvata, aut apice 

 furcata. 



Beak furnished with bristles 

 at the base, laterally com- 

 pressed, thick, convex 

 above: the upper man- 

 dible notched towards the 

 tip, curved, or furcate at 

 the tip. 



