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of the neck, to the back ; sides of the head, and neck white, uniting 

 on the breast ; from which the under parts are white to the vent ; the 

 white on the sides of the head diversified, first by a streak of black, 

 beginning at the base of the upper mandible, and dividing the white 

 into two parts, ends on the shoulders ; the chin and fore part of the 

 neck are also black, beginning at the base of the upper mandible, 

 and, dividing the white into two parts, finishes on the shoulders; chim 

 and neck before black ; upper parts of the body and wings mixed 

 brown and yellow, the edges of the feathers being, for the most part, 

 fringed with yellow ; the rump almost wholly pale but bright 

 yellow; tail brown, the feathers margined with yellow; the legs are 

 lead-colour. 



Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope ; probably the female, if not a 

 young bird, of the last ; for the bill is less strong, and the process on 

 the edges not so projecting; in the plumage, the body is more 

 variegated, and the markings less distinct, as is often in young birds. 



5— VARIED BARBICAN. 



SIZE of the Black-throated Species; length six inches and a half. 

 Bill stout, black, full one inch in length from the gape ; at about 

 one-third from the end furnished with a double notch, or process, as 

 in the last mentioned ; over the nostrils several black hairs ; the whole 

 head, chin, and throat to the breast with a mixture of crimson ; on the 

 crown much varied with dusky black ; cheeks nearly plain, but the 

 chin and throat are dusky white, the feathers being only tipped with 

 red ; hind part of the neck, and beginning of the back olive-brown, 

 mixed with whitish, but beyond to the rump with pale yellow ; belly 

 and vent pale yellow; wings and tail brown; some of the quills 

 ^ringed with yellow ; legs black. 



