BARBET. 



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GENUS XXI— BARBET. 



1 Spotted-bellied Barbet 



2 Cayenne B. 



3 Black-spotted B. 



4 Collared B. 



9 White-breasted B. 



6 Beautiful B. 



7 Greater pied B. 



8 Lesser pied B. 

 A Var. 



9 Gerini's B. 



10 Yellow-throated B. 

 A Var. 



11 Blue-cheeked B. 



12 Red-crowned B. 

 A Var. 



13 Indian B. 

 A Var. 



14 Daumah B. 



15 FichtePs B. 

 A Var. 



B Var. 



16 Little B. 



17 Green B. 



18 Spotted B. 



19 Sumatran B. 



20 Buff-faced B. 



21 Yellow-cheeked B. 



22 Ceylonese B. 



23 Austral B. 



24 Grand B. 

 A Var. 



25 Javan B. 



26 Indian B. 



27 Batavian B: 



28 Wax-billed B. 



29 White-faced B. 



J. HE bill in this Genus is strong, strait, bending a little towards 

 the point, the base covered with strong bristles ; which, in some 

 species, exceed the length of the bill. Nostrils hid. 



Toes placed two before and two behind. 



Tail consisting of ten or twelve weak feathers. 



Birds of this Genus are found in the Southern parts of America, 

 as well as Asia and Africa ; are in general a dull, stupid race, much 

 alike in manners, and chiefly such as are mentioned in the first 

 species. 



1. —SPOTTED-BELLIED BARBET. 



Bucco Tamatia, Ind. Orn. i. 201. Gm. Lin.'i. 405. Rail 65. 6. Will. 140. Id. 



Engl. 190. pi. 59.* 

 Barbu a ventre tachete, PL enl. 746. 1. Buf. vii. p. 94. 

 Le Chacuru, Voy. d'Azara iv. No. 261. 

 Spotted-bellied Barbet, Gen. Syn. ii. 494. Id. Supp. p. 95. Gen. Zool. ix. p. 37. 



LENGTH six inches and a half. Bill black, fifteen lines long, 

 the upper mandible bent at the end, and as it were divided into 



* It is more probable that the Tamatia of Marcgrave, from whom Willughby copied his 

 figure, is this bird, rather than a Thrush, which Brisson (ii. 212.) supposes it ; the bristles 



