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YELLOW- CHEEKED BARBET. 

 (Bucco zeylanicus.J 



Bu. vividis ; capite collogue pallide Juscis; genis Jlavis nudius- 



culis : tectricibus alarum albo maculatis. 

 Green Barbet, with the head and neck pale fuscous : cheeks 



yellow and naked : wing-coverts with white spots. 

 Bucco zeylanicus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. J. 408. — Lath, Ind, Orn, 



1. 205. 15. 



Yellow-cheeked Barbet. Brotvn, III, i. 15. — Lath. Syn. 2. 506. 

 15. — Lath, Sup. Q5, 



Near six inches in length : beak red : head and 

 neck pale brown, clouded : eyes situated in a 

 naked yellow spot: back pale green: wing-coverts 

 the same, each feather spotted with white in the 

 middle : primary feathers green : interior feathers 

 dusky : belly pea-green : tail green : legs pale 

 yellow. 



This species inhabits Ceylon, Batavia, and like- 

 wise India : is called by the Cingalese, Kottorea. 

 It perches on high trees, cooing like a turtle, but 

 much louder ; and from this noise the natives 

 have given it the above name. 



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