236 BARBICAN. 



A specimen of this is in the British Museum, and appears to be a 

 young bird in the state of changing its plumage. 



4— BLACK-THROATED BARBICAN. 



Bucco niger, Lid. Om. i. 204. Gm. Lin. i. 407. Gen. Zool.ix. p. 30. 

 Barbu a gorge noire de Lucon, Son. Voy. 68. t. 34. Buf. vii. p. 103. 

 Black-throated Barbet, Gen. Syn. ii. 501. 



SOMEWHAT larger and longer than the Common Grosbeak. 

 Bill blackish, furnished with a sort of process or tooth, about two- 

 fifths from the tip ; forehead fine red ; the crown, hind part, throat, 

 and neck black ; above each eye a curved stripe of yellow, which, 

 as it proceeds downwards, becomes white, and descends in a strait 

 line to the lower part of the neck ; beneath this a black stripe, and 

 between it and the throat a white band, which goes on to, and blends 

 with, the breast; and this, as well as the rest of the under parts, is 

 white ; middle of the back black, but the side feathers, between the 

 neck and back, have a yellow spot on each ; wing coverts black, 

 four of them fringed with white, and one with yellow, forming a 

 stripe across the wing ; beneath this, some of the feathers are spotted 

 with yellow at the ends ; and under these, others, which have yellow 

 margins; quills black, bordered with yellow ; legs black. 



Inhabits the Philippine Islands ; also the Cape of Good Hope. 

 A specimen, from the latter, in the British Museum, was seven inches 

 long, and differed only in having the rump of a beautiful yellow. 



A.— Bucco niger, Ind.Orn.i. 204. 8. )3. 



Le Barbu a Plastron noir, Buf. vii. 104. 



Bucco rufifrons, Red-fronted Barbet, Gen. Zool. ix. p. 31. 



Barbu du Cap de B. Esperance, PI. enl. 688. 1. 



Length six inches and a half. Bill black; forehead crimson; 

 from this passes a stripe of black over the head, and down the back 



