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Wings simple, or without a spur at the shoulder. 



BEAUTIFUL BA11BET. 

 (Bucco maynanensis.) 



Bu. viridis, capite gulaque rubris cceruleo-marginatis ; jugulo 

 pectoreque Jlavo; abdomine antice rufescente, postice Jusco 

 maculato ; remigibus interne Juscescentibus. 



Green Barbet, with the head and throat red margined with 

 blue: jugulum and breast yellow; abdomen in front rufes- 

 cent, behind spotted with fuscous; quill-feathers internally 

 brownish. 



Bucco maynanensis. Briss. 4. 102. 5. t. f.f. 3. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 

 1. 203. 4. 



Bucco elegans. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 406. 

 Le beau Tamatia. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 7. 98. 

 Barbu de Maynas. Buff. PL Enl. 330. 

 Beautiful Barbet. Lath. Syn. 2. 498. 4. . 



This bird is the size of a Sparrow : length about 

 five inches and three quarters : beak near an inch 

 long, of an ash-colour, with the edges and tip of a 

 yellowish white : top of the head, sides, and throat, 

 red, edged with light blue : at the corners of the 

 mouth is a streak of light blue, which separates 

 the red on each side : the upper parts of the body 

 and tail are green : the latter wedge-shaped and 

 consisting of ten feathers : the quills are brown, 

 with the outer edges green : the fore part of the 

 neck and breast deep yellow : on the lower part 

 of the breast is a large red spot ; the rest beneath 

 yellowish white, spotted longitudinally with green : 

 the legs and claws ash-colour. 



