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LESSER PIED BARBET. 

 (Bucco melanoleucos.) 



Bu. niger,f route, gula, macula scapulari, striga pone oculos, ah' 



domine, caudaque apice albis. 

 Black Barbet, with the forehead, throat, spot on the scapulars, 



streak behind the eyes, abdomen, and tip of the tail white. 

 Bucco melanoleucos. Gmel. Sysi. Nat. I. 40(5. — Lat. Ind. Orn. 



1. 203. 6, 



Barbu a poitrine noir de Cayenne. Buff. PI. Enl. (588. 2. 

 Lesser pied Barbet. Lath. Syn. 2. 499. 6. 



Length live inches. The beak rather large in 

 proportion, and bifid at the tip : as in the last, it 

 is adorned with two colours only, viz. black and 

 white, which are however differently disposed : the 

 upper parts are black ; with a little mixture of 

 white on the forehead, and likewise a spot on the 

 scapulars : behind the eye is a streak of white : 

 the throat and sides of the neck are white, the 

 front of the neck black : on the breast is a broad 

 band of black, which extends into the white on 

 the sides of the neck, like a crescent : from this to 

 the tail the under parts are white, except on the 

 sides beneath the wings, where there is a mixture 

 of black : the tail is black, tipped with white : the 

 legs dusky. It is probably the young of B. ma- 

 crorhynchos. Found at Cayenne. 



Dr. Latham mentions having seen a specimen, 

 which instead of a mixture on the forehead, had 

 only a small spot of white : and the white streak 



