216 BARBET. 



two at the point, and half covered with bristles, pointing forwards, 

 springing from the base ; the head large in proportion ; the crown 

 and fore part incline to rufous ; on the neck a collar, extending half 

 round, rufous and black mixed ; on each side of the head, behind the 

 eyes, a large black spot ; throat orange ; the rest of the parts beneath 

 rufous white, spotted with black; upper parts of the body rufous 

 brown ; legs black. 



Inhabits Cayenne and Brazil, where it is called by some Agabue 

 de Terre : met with also in Paraguay, but is there a rare species : its 

 manners correspond with the shape, being a clumsy, ill-made bird ; 

 is in general solitary, pensive, and silent, affecting only such places 

 as are distant from habitations : chiefly in woods, where it chuses 

 some low branch, well covered with twigs and foliage, on this it 

 perches with its large head resting between the shoulders, for a long 

 time together; and as its disposition to action is very little, may be 

 easilv killed, as it will suffer itself to be shot at several times before 

 it makes an attempt to escape. The common food is insects, particu- 

 larly large beetles : the flesh not good for eating. I have observed 

 in some specimens, that the end of the tail was much worn, as if by 

 friction, probably in supporting themselves by that part, in running 

 up the trees like the Woodpecker. 



2— CAYENNE BARBET. 



Bucco Cayanensis, hid. Orn. i. 202. Gm. Lin. i. 405. Buf. iv. 95. t. 7. f. 1. Id. 



8vo. ii. 68. Gerin. t. 183. Gen. Zool. ix. p. 33. 

 Tamatia a tete et gorge rouges, Bvf. vii. p. 96. 

 Barbu de Cayenne, PI. en/. 206. 1. 

 Barbu de St. Domingue, PL enl. 206. f. 2. 

 Cayenne Barbet, Gen. Syn. ii. 495. 



LENGTH seven inches. Bill one inch, dark ash-colour, and a 

 little bent at the tip, at the base a few bristles ; forehead and throat 



at the base of the bill, the large head, the flatness and breadth of the bill, will justify the 

 fixing it in this place rather than in the other : as to the position of the toes in Marcgrave'i 

 plate, we must not depend on that,, as errors of the like kind are frequent in old authors. 



