RED-FRONTED BARBET. 



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yellow at the ends, below these again there are 

 others margined with yellow : the quills are black, 

 bordered with yellow : the four middle feathers of 

 the tail are black, the rest black, fringed with 

 yellow : the legs are black. 



There is a specimen of this bird in the British 

 Museum, said to have been brought from the 

 Cape of Good Hope, agreeing with the above de- 

 scription in every respect, except that the rump is 

 of a beautiful yellow. It has been described by 

 Sonnerat, who says it inhabits the Philippine 

 Islands. 



RED-FRONTED BARBET. 

 (Bucco rufifrons.) 



Bu. Gula, juguh, pectore collogue postice nigris ; f route rubro ; 



collo utrinque strigis duabus abdomineque albidis ; dorso, alis, 



caudaque Jlavis nigro variis, 

 Barbet with the throat, jugulum, breast and neck behind black ; 



forehead red ; neck on both sides with two striae, and with 



the abdomen whitish; wings and tail yellow varied with 



black. 



Le Barbu a plastron noir, Buff, Hist. Nat. Ois. 6. 104. 

 Barbu du Cap de Bonne Esperance. Buff. PI. Enl. 688. 1. 

 Bucco niger /3. Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 204. 8. 



This species is six inches and a half in length : 

 the beak is black : forehead crimson ; from whence 

 there is a black stripe which passes over the head, 

 and down the back part of the neck to the back : 

 the sides of the head and neck are white, with the 



