EARBET. 219 



5— WHITE-BREASTED BARBET. 



Bucco fuscus, Ind. Orn. i. 206. Gm. Lin. i. 408. 

 White-breasted Barbet, Gen. Syn. ii. 505. 



SIZE of a Lark ; length seven inches. Bill one inch, compressed 

 on the sides, and curved at the point, colour brownish black, but the 

 base is yellow, passing obliquely forward, from the nostrils, to near 

 the end of the under mandible ; nostrils covered with bristles, pointing 

 forwards, to about one-third of the length of the bill ; head large, 

 and very full of feathers ; plumage in general brown, down the shaft 

 of each feather pale cream-colour ; on the breast a triangular whitish 

 spot ; quills and tail brown, the last cuneiform ; legs brown. 



Inhabits Cayenne. 



6 —BEAUTIFUL BARBET. 



Bucco Mayanensis, Ind. Orn. i. 203. Bris. iv. t. 7. f. 3. Id. 8vo. ii. 69. Gen. Zool. 



ix. p. 20. 

 Bucco elegans, Gm. Lin. i. 406. 

 Le beau Tamatia, Bvf. vii. 98. PL enl. 330. 

 Beautiful Barbet, Gen. Syn. ii. 498. Nat. Misc. pi. 461. 



SIZE of a Sparrow ; length five inches and three quarters. Bill 

 ash-colour, with the edges and tip yellowish white ; top of the head, 

 sides, and throat red, edged round with light blue; at the corners of 

 the mouth begins a streak of the last, dividing the red on each side; 

 upper parts of the body and tail green, the last cuneiform, and 

 composed of ten feathers ; qudls brown, with the outer edges green ; 

 fore part of the neck, and breast deep yellow; on the lower part of 

 the breast a large red spot; the rest of the under parts yellowish 

 white, spotted longitudinally with green; legs ash-colour. 



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