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black on their inner webs, and green on their outer : 

 the under parts of the plumage are green, more or 

 less tinged with bluish, according to age. The young 

 have all the plumage green, or greenish, shaded with 

 bluish, and marked on the tip of the feathers on the 

 upper parts with bright green lunules : the yellow on 

 the head, and collar, expands as the individual in- 

 creases in age. 



Sp. 11. Bu. gularis. Reinw. Temm. PI. Col 89./. 2. 



Bu. saturate viridis subtus jmllidior; Jronte gulaque cyaneis; 



macula gulari nigra aut nigricante Jiavo marginatd; ad riciu 



J'ascia cifrina. 

 Dark-Green Barbet, beneath paler ; with the forehead and throat 



blue ; a spot on the latter black or dusky, and edged with 



yellow; a citron-coloured stripe at the gape. 



Inhabits Java. Length six inches and a half: 

 the forehead and throat are turquoise blue, beneath 

 which, on the latter, is a full black spot in the adult, 

 and dusky on the young ; this spot is edged and 

 tipped with yellow, more or less brilliant : a longi- 

 tudinal citron-coloured dash arises at the opening of 

 the beak : the rest of the plumage is a strong green 

 on the upper parts, and a clear green on the belly 

 and vent : the tail and the outer edge of the wings are 

 bluish-green : the sexes are apparently similar, but 

 the young have the colours less brilliant, the blue is 

 marked with dusky spots, and the yellow on the neck 

 and on the opening of the beak is but slightly exhi- 

 bited : the black on the throat is dull, and but slightly 

 indicated. 



