74 piciD^. 



duller and with the apical third black next the shaft, the base of tlie 

 inner webs of the two central feathers bright buff ; shafts brown 

 ■with black tips and yellowish-brown bases ; nasal plumes deep 

 olive ; forehead, crown, occiput, and nape golden yellow ; sides of 

 the face and neck olive, more golden on the malar region and lower 

 side of the neck, which is barred with dusky olive ; a yellow stripe 

 from the nostrils crosses the face and extends to the side of the hind 

 neck ; fi'om the chin to the under tail-coverts (both inclusive) golden 

 with a huffy tinge, the chin and throat Tiniform, the remainder 

 narrowlj- barred with dusky olive ; under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 golden rufous buff, the edge of the wing bright golden yellow. Total 

 length 8 inches, culmen 0-97, wing 5-05, tail 2-55, tarsus 0-78 ; toes 

 (without claws) — outer anterior 0'77, outer posterior 0-67, inner 

 anterior 0-54, inner posterior 0-37. 



Hub. San Cristoval, Western Venezuela, and westward into 

 Antioquia. 



a. (^ ad. sk. San Cristoval, Venezuela (A. Sclater Coll. 



GoeriiKj). (Type of species.) 



b. (5 ad. sk. Remedios, Antioquia, U. S. C. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



{T. K. Salmon). 



4. CMoronerpes capistratus. 



Pious polyznnus {)wn Valenc), Wagl. St/si. Av. Pious, sp. 41 (1827) ; 



id. Isis, 1829, p. 513. 

 Pious polvzonos. Less. Traite, i. p. 225 (1831) (c? only). 

 Pieus aurulentus, $ , Lesson, Traite, i p. 224 ( $ ) (1831). 

 Chloronerpes polvzonus, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 443 (1846) ; Bp. Consp. 



Gen. Av. i. p. i 17 (1850) ; Burm. Th. Bras. ii. p. 226 (1856). 

 Chrvsopicus capistratus, Bp. Consp. Volucr. Zygod. p. 9, no. 151 



(1854}. 

 Chloropicus capistratus, 3Iaih. Picidcs, ii. p. 140, pi. Ixxxiii. figs. 4, 

 • 5, c? ? (1862). 

 Craugasus capistratus, Cab. ^- Heine, 3Ti/s. Hein. iv. p. 160 (1863). 

 Picus capistratus, Sundev. Consp. Av., Picin. p. 12 (1866). 

 Chloronerpes capistratus, Gray, List Pirid. Brit. Mus. p. 107 (1868) ; 



id. Hund-l. B. ii. p. 199, no. 8782 (1870) ; Peh. Orn. Bras. 



p.. 243 (1870); Sclat. S,- Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 99 (1873). 



Adult male. Resembles C. brasiliensis, but differs in having the 

 chin and throat less yellow, and entirely barred with blackish olive 

 like the nnderparts. The quills are not barred, and on the face 

 there is only one yellow stripe, which commences at the nostrils, 

 passes under the ear-coverts and runs down the side of the neck ; 

 these points presenting a strong likeness to both C. brasiliensis and 

 C. chrysoclilorits. Total length 8"5 inches, culmen I'OS, wing 5-35, 

 tail 2*8, tarsus O'S; toes (without claws) — outer anterior 0'78, outer 

 posterior 0"63, inner anterior 0-53, inner posterior 0-33. 



Immature male. Resembles the adult male, but has the malar 

 stripe olive. 



