YELLOW-THROATED BARBET. 



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Is found in the country of Maynas, on the bor- 

 ders of the river Amazon, in South America, and 

 is much more lively than most of its kind, as well 

 as more agreeable in its shape, not being so clum- 

 sily made, and more beautiful in its general ap- 

 pearance. 



YELLOW-THROATED BARBET. 

 (Bucco philippensis.) 



Bu. viridis 9 subtus Jlavicans olivaceo maculatus: gula capiteque 



lateribus Jlavis ; vertice juguloque rubris. 

 Green Barbet, beneath^ellowish spotted with olive ; throat and 



sides of the head yellow ; top and jugulum red. 

 Bucco philippensis. Bris. 4. 99. — Gmel. Sj/st. Nat. 1. 407. — 



Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 203. 7-^ Cuv. des an. 234. U 

 Barbu a gorge jaune. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 7. 102. 5. 

 Barbu des Philippines. Buff. Pi. Enl 331. 

 Yellow- throated Barbet. Lath. Syn. 2. 500. 7. 



Length five inches and a half : the beak brown, 

 rather thick, and almost an inch in length : the 

 top of the head, as far as the crown, red ; the rest 

 of the head, with the upper parts of the body, 

 wings, and tail, dull green : on each side of the 

 head is a large yellow spot, in the middle of 

 which the eye is placed : the throat and fore part 

 of the neck are yellow : on the upper part of the 

 breast is a transverse broad band of red : the rest 

 of the under parts dirty yellow: longitudinally 

 streaked with dull green : the legs yellowish, 

 claws brown. The female differs from the male in 



