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BLACK-THROATED BARBET. 

 (Bucco niger.) 



Bu. niger supra Jlavo maculatus ; sincipite rubro ; collo striga 

 bifida, pectore abdomineque albis ; remigibus externe fiavo- 

 marginatis. 



Barbet black above with yellow spots : forehead red : neck with 

 a bifid stripe, with the breast and abdomen white ; flag- 

 feathers outwardty margined with yellow. 



Bucco niger. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 407.— Lot. Ind. Orn. 1. 

 204. 8. 



Le Barbu de l'isle de Lucon. Son. Voy. 68. 34. 

 Barbu a" gorge noire. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 7. 103. 

 Black-throated Barbet. Lath. Syn. 2. 501. 8. 



Length seven inches : the beak blackish : the 

 forehead of a fine red : the top, hind part of the 

 head, throat, and neck black : above each eye is 

 a curved stripe of yellow which, as it proceeds 

 downwards, becomes white, and descends in a 

 straight line to the lower part of the neck on each 

 side ; under this stripe is a black one, and between 

 this and the throat is a band of white, which is 

 continued, and blends itself with the breast ; which 

 is white, as well as the belly, sides, thighs, and 

 under tail-coverts ; the middle of the back is 

 black, but the side feathers between the back and 

 neck have a yellow spot on each : wing-coverts 

 black \ four of them edged with white, and one 

 with yellow, forming a stripe across the wing: 

 beneath this some of the feathers are spotted with 



