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PICIDiE. 



Po. sup7'a fusciSf maculis sulphureis ; subtus sulphureus maculis 

 nigris interstriatis ; capite juguloque nigris; pectoris plimis 

 elongatis, pilis setaceis terminatis. 



Barbican above brown, spotted with sulphur; beneath sulphureous^, 

 with black spots : head and chin black ; feathers of the breast 

 lengthened, and ending in long setaceous hairs. 



Inhabits Africa. Length about seven inches : 

 beak bluish-black, one inch two lines long, and large 

 in proportion, the two teeth in the middle very pro- 

 minent : behind the eye is a short white stripe, and an- 

 other much longer begins from the under mandible, 

 and goes half-way down the neck : the chin and part 

 of the throat, together with the head and neck above, 

 deep black, which changes to a dark brown on the 

 back, wings, coverts, and tail : a small round sulphur 

 spot is on the tip of each feather of the hind-head, 

 back, and lesser wing-coverts : the quills pale brown, 

 margined with sulphur : the under plumage is greenish 

 sulphur, closely spotted with blackish : the feathers 

 of the breast are more rigid than the others, pointed, 

 and the shaft of the lower ones end in fine incurved 

 setaceous hairs, many of which are nearly an inch 

 long. ' ' — Swainson, 



GENUS CCXXIIL— BUCCO, Linne. BARBET. 



Rostrum basi vibrissis tec- 

 tum, lateratim compres- 

 sum, crassum, supra con- 

 vexum: mandibula supe- 

 rior versus apicem emargi- 

 nata, curvata, aut apice 

 furcata. 



Beak furnished with bristles 

 at the base, laterally com- 

 pressed, thick, convex 

 above: the upper man- 

 dible notched towards the 

 tip, curved, or furcate at 

 the tip. 



