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LITTLE BARBET. 

 (Bucco parvus.) 



Bu .fuho-fuscus, subtus albidusjusco striatus ; gula lutea ; striga 



suboculari pallida . 

 Fulvous-brown Barbet, beneath whitish striated with brown; 



throat yellow ; and with a pale streak beneath the eyes. 

 Bucco parvus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. I. 407. — Lath. Ind. Orn. I. 



204. 9- 



Le petit Barbu. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 7. 105. 

 . Barbu du Senegal. Buff. PL Enl. 746. 2. 

 Little Barbet. Lat. Syn. 2. 503. 9. 



This is one of the smallest of the genus, being 

 only four inches in length. The beak is brown ; 

 the upper parts of the body blackish-brown with a 

 fulvous tinge ; and on the quills and tail a shade 

 of green: the quill-feathers are white on the 

 edges ; the under parts of the body are white, 

 marked with brown stripes : the throat yellow : 

 there is a short streak at the angles of the 

 mouth, beneath the eye, sometimes whitish, some- 

 times yellow : the legs are pale red or flesh colour. 

 Inhabits Senegal. 



