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INDIAN BARBET. 

 (Bucco Indicus.) 



Bu. viridis, subtus albus striis viridibus, capite nigro fronte ju- 

 gidoque rubris; genis, gula maculaque pectoris Jlavis. 



Green Barbet, beneath white striated with green, head black, 

 forehead and front of the neck red ; cheeks, throat, and 

 breast with yellow spots. 



Bucco Indicus. Lot. Ind. Orn. 1. 205. 14. 



Indian Barbet. Lath. Syri. Sup. QJ. 



Six inches in length. : beak blue, hooked, beset 

 at the base with hairs that exceed the bill itself in 

 length : plumage in general green : forehead red: 

 round the eye and chin yellow : the rest of the 

 head black : body beneath white, streaked with 

 green, reaching on each side of the neck in a 

 crescent, and bordering the yellow chin : below r 

 this it is red, and lower is a spot of yellow, except 

 which, the rest of the under part is white : quills 

 dark ash-colour : legs red. Inhabits India, where 

 it is called Bussen-buddoo. 



