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RED-CROWNED BARBET. 

 (Bucco rubricapiJlus.) 



Bu. viridis, vertice gulaque coccineis ; humeris macula albida ; 



pectore flavo fascia rubra nigro marginata ; abdomine albo. 

 Green Barbet, with the crown and throat scarlet ; shoulders 



with a white spot ; breast yellow with a red fascia margined 



with black ; abdomen white. 

 Bucco rubricapillus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 408. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 



1. 205. 13. 



Red-crowned Barbet. Brown, III. t. 14. — Lath. Syn. 2. 505. 14. 



About five inches and a half in length : beak 

 dusky : crown and throat scarlet : a black line on 

 the sides of the head above each eye ; and a white 

 spot above each shoulder : back and wing-coverts 

 green : primary feathers dusky, breast yellow, 

 with a short transverse band of black, and an- 

 other of red in the middle : belly white : tail 

 green : the exterior feathers dusky : legs red. 

 Inhabits Ceylon. 



