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Place.
V a r . A.
BLACK-
SPOTTED
B.
DESCRIPTION.
Placed.
P A R B E T .
'fome of the feathers marked with black near the^ tips ; thighs
olive : the lefter wing coverts black; the greater ones and fcapulars
blackilh, marked on the outfide with a yellowilh white fpot:
quills blackilh, margined without with olive, and within with
whitilh: the tail cuneiform ; olive-brown above, and cinereous
beneath: legs and claws cinereous.
Inhabits Cayenne.
Le Barbu tachete de Cayenne, Brif. orft. iv. p. 97. N* 3. t. 7 - T 4 *
Barbu de St. Domingue, PI. enl. 746. fig. 2.
Yellow Woodpecker with black fpots, Edmi. pi. 333.
Br. Muf Lev. Mu/.
C IZ E of the laft: length fix inches and three quarters. Bill as
in the laft: forehead and throat red: top of the head black,
with the edges of the feathers grey-gold : Tides of the head, and
hind part of the neck, black; the edges of the feathers whitilh;
thofe of the rump alfo black, with grey edges : the under parts
of the body pale yellow : the bread: and Tides marked with large
black Tpots: thighs olive : wing coverts, quills, and tail, as in the
laft, except that the two firft are not Tpotted with white ; but the
legs are fimilar.
This liSewife inhabits Cayenne.— Both of thefe laft are alfo met
with at Guiana and St. Domingo; and, no doubt, in other hot parts
of America. They are mere varieties o f each other, the fize being
the fame ; differing ■ only, in that the firft has a fpot of white
■ oVer the eyes, and feveral of the fame on the wings; both of
which are wanting in the laft defcribed. This laft is alfo fpotted
on the breaft confiderably, whereas in the firft there are only a few
fpots on the Tides,
* Bucco
B A R B E T . 497
Bucco capenfis, Lin. Syfl. i. p. 168. N° i,
Le Barbu, Brif. orn. iv. p. 92. N° 1. pi. 6. f. 2.
Le Tamatia à collier, Buf. oif. vii. p. 97. pi. 4.
Barbu à collier de Cayenne, PI. enl. 395.
COLLARED
B.
SIZE of the Red-backed Shrike, length feven inches and a Description.
quarter. The bill is nearly an inch and a half in length,
horn-coloured, and bent at the tip ; the gape reaching beneath
the eyes : the upper part of the head, the nape, and hind part of
the neck, are rufous, ftriated with fine lines o f black : the fides of
the head plain rufous: at the lower part of the neck, between
that and the back, is a narrow fulvous band, which extends forwards
towards the neck, on each fide; this is accompanied by a
narrower one of black, which unites to a broader one on the
breaft; beyond this, the back, wings, and rump, are rufous,
ftriated with black: the throat and fore part of the neck are
dirty white: on the breaft is. a broad band of black; from
thence to the vent rufous white : the tail is rufous, two inches
and a quarter in length, and crofted with narrow bars of black ;
the fix middle feathers are equal in length; the three others on
each fide fhorter by degrees to the outer one, which is the
fhorteft of a ll: the legs and claws are afh-coloured.
This is found at Guiana, where it is not common. Place.
There can.be no doubt of this being the bird meant by Linnaeus,
fince he refers to the one in BriJfon above quoted ; yet he
makes his bird an inhabitant of Africa. He likewife adds, that
it had only ten tail feathers. The reader muft reconcile this to
himfelf; for I cannot account for the difagreement, efpecially as
the bird above defcribed is of American origin.