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GREEN BARBET. 



having no red on the head and breast ; and the 

 spot in which the eyes are placed, with the breast, 

 and fore part of the neck, are yellowish white* 

 Inhabits the Philippine islands. 



GREEN BARBET. 

 (Bucco viridis.) 



Bu. viridis; capite colloque griseo-juscis ; capite pone oculum 



utrinque macula alba. 

 Green Barbet, with the head and neck greyish-brown ; head 



with a white spot on both sides near the eyes, 

 Bucco viridis. Gmel. Syst, Nat, I, 408. — Lath, Ind. Orn. 1, 



205. 11. 



Le Barbu vert. Buff. Hist, Nat, Ois. 7. 107- 

 Le Barbu de Mahe. Buff, PL Enl, 870. 

 Green Barbet. Lath, Syn, 2. 504. 11. 



This species is six and a half inches in length : 

 the bill is white, and measures an inch and a half 

 long, and seven lines thick at the base \ where the 

 upper mandible is furnished with black bristles : 

 the head and neck are greyish-brown : the feathers 

 of the latter edged with white : there is a white 

 spot both above and beneath the eye : the rest of 

 the bird, except the greater quills, which are 

 brown, is of a beautiful green, but paler on the 

 under side : legs dusky. Inhabits India. 



