BUCCO

(Lat. bucca, cAfc/.:.) Ths name of a genus of Lygodactyle birds, called barbets. The scientific term relates to the tumefaction of the sides of the base of the bill; the trivial English name is derived from the bristly feathers which surround the base of the bill, and project beneath the chin like a beard. Tlie genus is now the BUFFALO. type of a family, including the barbets proper (Bucco), the Brazilian barbets or tamatias (Tamatia), and the barbicans of Buffon, which are limited to the warmer parts of India and Africa. [s. 184]