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20.— BUFF-FACED BARBET — Pl. lii. 



Bucco Lathami, Lid. Orn. i. 205. Gm. Lin. i. 408. Gen. Zool. ix. p. 28. pl. 5. 

 Buff-faced Barbet, Gen. Syn. ii. 504. 



LENGTH six inches. Bill pale, beset with bristles at the base, 

 which are longer than the bill ; forehead, chin, sides of the head, 

 round the eyes, dull buff-colour ; upper parts of the body dark olive- 

 green, the under paler ; wings dark olive ; quills dusky, with greenish 

 edges ; tail dusky, short ; legs yellow. 



A specimen of the above in the British Museum. Native place 

 unknown. 



21.— YELLOW-CHEEKED BARBET. 



Bucco Zeylonicus, Lid. Orn. i. 205. Gm. Lin. i. 408. 



Yellow-cheeked Barbet, Gen. Syn. in 506 Id. Sup. 95. Brown. III. t. 15. Gen. 

 Zool. ix. p. 24. 



LENGTH five inches and a half. Bill red ; head and neck pale 

 brown, clouded ; sides round the eyes naked and yellow ; back pale 

 green ; wing coverts the same, spotted with white ; prime quills 

 green, within dusky ; belly pea-green ; tail green ; legs pale yellow. 



Inhabits Ceylon and Batavia, called at the former Kottorea ; 

 perches on high trees, and cooes like a Turtle, but louder, and it is 

 from this noise that the natives have formed the name. 



22— CEYLONESE BARBET. 



LENGTH five inches and a quarter. Bill stout, strait, three- 

 quarters of an inch long, colour deep brown, at the nostrils several 



