218 BARBET. 



4. -COLLARED BARBET. 



Bucco collaris, Lid. Orn. i. 202. 



Capensis, Lin. i. 168. Gm. Lin. i. 406. Bor. Nat. ii. 124. Bris. iv. 92. t. 6. 



f. 2. Id. 8vo. ii. 67. Gerin. t. 182. 

 Tamatia a collier, Bvf. vii. 97. pi. 4. 

 Barbu a collier, PI. enl. 395. 

 Collared Barbet, Gen. Syn. ii. 497. Gen. Zool. ix. p. 39. pi. 7. 



SIZE of the Red-backed Shrike ; length seven inches and a 

 quarter. Bill nearly one inch and a half, horn-coloured, and bent 

 at the tip ; the gape reaching beneath the eyes ; upper part of the 

 head, nape, and hind part of the neck rufous, striated with fine lines 

 of black ; sides of the head plain rufous ; between the lower part of 

 the neck and back a narrow fulvous band, extending forwards towards 

 the neck on each side ; this is accompanied by a narrow one of black, 

 which unites with a broken one on the breast ; beyond this the back, 

 wings, and rump are rufous, striated with black ; throat, and fore 

 part of the neck dirty white ; on the breast a broad band of black ; 

 belly and vent rufous white ; tail rufous, two inches and a quarter 

 long, crossed with narrow bars of black ; the six middle feathers are 

 equal in length, the three outer ones shorten by degrees, to the 

 exterior, which is the shortest ; legs ash-colour. 



Inhabits Guiana, but is not common. — There can be no doubt of 

 this being the bird meant by Linnaeus, as he refers to that in Brisson, 

 above quoted ; yet he makes his bird an inhabitant of Africa; and adds, 

 that the number of tail feathers is ten ; whereas, Brisson expressly 

 affirms, that he received his from South America, and that it has 

 twelve feathers in the tail. I suspect, therefore, that the first named 

 author has been deceived in the native place, although he might be 

 right in the identity of the bird. 



