PICID^. 



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Sp. 12. Bu. australis. Linn. Traits, (Horsf.) v. xiii. p. 181, 



Bu. viridi'olivaceus fronte, guld, caudd subtus, scapuHsque cyaneo- 

 {BYuginosis ; jugulo pectoreque croceo interposita Jascia trans^ 

 versa nigra. 



Olive-green Barbet, with the forehead, throat, tail beneath, and 

 scapulars brassy-blue, the jugulum and breast saffron, with a 

 transverse black band between. 



Austral Barbet. Lath. Gen. Hist, v, iii. p. 230. 



Inhabits Java. Length five inches and a half: 

 general colour of the plumage olive-green : forehead, 

 chin, under surface of the tail, and the scapular fea- 

 thers verditer green : cheeks, throat, and breast saf- 

 fron-colour ; between them a transverse black band : 

 quills and tail blackish-brown ; the feathers of the 

 latter have externally a dusky-yellowish border. 



Sp. 13. Bu. Zeylanicus. Steph. v. vs., p. 24. — Ceylon. 



Sp. 14. Bu. Indicus. Steph. v.iyi.p. 37- — India. 



Sp. 15. Bu. Philippensis. Steph, v. ix.p.2\. — Philippine Islands, 



Sp. 16. Bu? parvus. Steph. v. ix. p. 29. — Senegal. 



GENUS CCXXIV.—MONASA, VieiUot. 



Rostrum basi vibrissis tec- 

 tum, capite longius, late- 

 ratim compressum, inte- 

 grum ; mandibular infra 

 curvatse. 



Alee calcaratae. 



BeaJc covered with bristles at 

 the base, longer than the 

 head, compressed lateral- 

 ly, intire: the mandibles 

 curved beneath. 



Wings with spurs. 



The birds of this and the following genera have an 

 apparent affinity to the Halcyonidae ; the Puff-birds 

 especially. 



Sp. I. Mb. tranquilla. 



Bucco calcaratus. Steph. v. ix. p. 41. — Cayenne. 



