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AFRICAN BARBET. 

 (Bucco Africanus.) 



Bu. Remigibus cceruleo aut viridescente nigris. 



Mas. Corpore subtus Jronteque albidis ; vertice, colloque postice 



nigris ; cauda superne ccerideo-nigra-, tectricibus viridibus 



rubro-marginatis. 

 Foem. Capite, collo> jugulo, ventreque Jerrugineis Jusco-lunato 



maculatis ; dorso caudaque superne Jerrugineis immacidatis. 

 Barbet, with the quills of a blue or greenish black. 

 Male, with the body beneath and the forehead whitish; top of 



the head and neck behind black ; tail above of a blue-black ; 



wing-coverts green with red margins. 

 Female, with the head, neck, jugulum, and belly ferruginous 



with lunulated fuscous spots ; back and tail above ferruginous 



without spots. 



Cuculus Afer. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 418. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 

 1. 217. 34. 



Cuculus Madagascariensis major. Briss. 4. 1(30. 28. t. 15. f. 1. 

 Le Vourou-driou. Buff, flist. Nat. Ois. 6. 3Q5. mas. 

 Le Vouroug-driou. Le Vaill. Ois. d>Afr. 5. 226. mas. 22?. 

 female. 



Le Grand Coucou de Madagascar. Buff. PI. Enl. 587. mas » 



588. female.— Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois, 6. 396. 

 African Cuckow. Lath. Syn. 2. 532. 36. A. male. B. female. 



This bird has been considered by many authors 

 as a species of Cuculus, but the form of the beak 

 alone, (without descending to other characters,) is 

 sufficient to remove it from thence. The beak of the 

 male is two inches in length, and blackish : head, 

 throat, and neck ash-colour : crown of the head 

 blackish, with a green and copper gloss : from the 

 bill to the eye on each side is a black line : the back, 

 rump, scapulars, and upper wing and tail-coverts, 



