THE IBIS. 



No. XIII. JANUARY 1862. 



I. — Additional Notes on the American Barbets. 

 By Philip Lutley Sclateii. 



(Plate I.) 



In an article on the Barbets of America [Capitonidie), published 

 in this Journal last year *, I gave descriptions of all the species 

 of the family then known to me, amounting to thirteen in 

 number. Since that paper was written, Mr. George N. Law- 

 rence, of New York, has, as has been already mentioned in these 

 pages ( ' Ibis,' 1861, p. 406), made known a new and brilliant 

 addition to the group, by the name of Capita maculicoronatus , 

 and this, moreover, from a region hitherto supposed to be out- 

 side of the area occupied by this peculiar form. I have now to 

 acknowledge Mr. Lawrence's kindness in sending me for examina- 

 tion specimens of this bird ; and the subscribers to the ' Ibis ' are 

 indebted to his liberality for the accompanying coloured plate, 

 in which both the sexes are represented. 



The Capito maculicoronatus is very distinct specifically from 

 any of the species included in my previous list. In form it is 

 most nearly allied to the more typical members of the genus, 

 and should be placed near Capito erythrocephalus and C. peruvi- 

 aniLS, as they stand in my arrangement, with the following short 

 characters. 



Capito maculicoronatus. (PI. I.) 



Capito maculicoronatus, Lawr. Ann. Lye. of N. H. New York, 



vol. vii. p. 300. 



* See Ibis, 1861, p. 182. 



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