PICIDiE. 



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Sp. 12. Bu. australis. Li72n. Trafts. {Horsf.) v. xiii. p. 181. 



Bu, viridi-oUvaceiis fronte , guld, caudd subtus, scapulisque cyaneo- 

 esruginosis ; jugulo pectoreque croceo interposita Jascia trans- 

 versa nigra. 



Olive-green Barbet, with the forehead^ throat, tail beneath, and 

 scapulars brassy-blue, the jugulum and breast saffron, with a 

 transverse black band between. 



Austral Barbet. Lath. Gen. Hist, -v, in. p. 230. 



Inhabits Java. Length five Indies and a half: 

 general colour of the plumage olive-green : forehead, 

 chin, under surface of the tail, and the scapular fea- 

 thers verditer green : cheeks, throat, and breast saf- 

 fron-colour ; between them a transverse black band : 

 quills and tail blackish-brown j the feathers of the 

 latter have externally a dusky-yellowish border. 



Sp. 13. Bu. Zeylanicus. Steph. v. ix. p. 24.— Ceylon. 



Sp, 14. Bu. Indicus. Steph. v.ix.p. 37- — India. 



Sp. 15. Bu. Philippensis. Steph. v. ix. p. 2 1 . — Philippine Islands. 



Sp. 16. Bu? parvus. Steph. v. ix. p, 29, — Senegal. 



GENUS CCXXIV.— MONASA, Vieillot. 



Rostrum basi vibrissis tec- 

 tum, capite longius, late- 

 ratim compressum, inte- 

 grum ; mandihulcs infra 

 curvatae. 



Alee calcaratae. 



Beak covered with bristles at 

 the base, longer than the 

 head, compressed lateral- 

 ly, intire : the mandibles 

 curved beneath. 



Wings with spurs. 



The birds of this and the following genera have an 

 apparent affinity to the Halcyonidge 5 the Puff-birds 

 especially. 



Sp. 1 . Mo. tranquilla. 



Bucco calcaratus, Steph. v. ix, p. 41. — Cayenne, 



