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behind the eye was extended downwards on each 

 side of the neck; and some of the outer tail- 

 feathers were white at the base ; in other respects 

 it agreed with the above description. 



SPOTTED-BELLIED BARBET. 

 (Bucco Tamatia.) 



Bu. rufo-Jiiscus, suhtus rufo-albus nigra maculatus ; guhx Julva ; 



collo lunula rufo nigroque varia ; pone oculos macula nigra. 

 Reddish brown Barbet ; beneath of a reddish white spotted with 



black ; throat fulvous ; neck with a lunulated collar composed 



of black and rufous ; behind the eyes a black spot. 

 Bucco Tamatia. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 405. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 



202. 1. 



Barbu a ventre tachete de Cayenne. Buff. PI. Enl. ?46. 1. 

 Spotted-bellied Barbet. Lath. Syn. 2. 494. 1. — Lath. Sup. Q5. 



Length six inches and a half. The beak is fif- 

 teen lines long, the upper mandible black, in- 

 curved at the extremity, and, seemingly, divided 

 in two at the point ; it is half covered with bristles, 

 which arise at the base, and point forwards : the 

 head is large in proportion to the rest of the body ; 

 the crown and fore part of the head incline to 

 rufous : on the neck is a collar extending half 

 round, composed of a mixture of black and rufous : 

 behind the eyes on each side of the head, is a 

 black spot : the throat is orange, and the rest of 

 the plumage beneath rufous white, spotted with 

 black ; that of the upper part of the body reddish 



