I 



18. CAPITO. 107 



pi. .59 (1871); UsKher, Ihin, 1874, p. 5-'"> ; Bicttik. Notes Leyden 

 Mus. vii. p. 218 (1885) ; Hartl. Ibis, 1880, p. 112; Buttik. Notes 

 Lei/den Mus.x. p. 95 (1888). 

 Trachyplionus piirpuratus (nee Verr.), Sharpe, Ibis, 1869, p. .380. 



Aduh. Similar fro T. jiurpuratiix, but easily distinguished by the 

 dark colour of the bare skin round the eye, the absence of the blank 

 mottling on the sides of the body, and the small size of the hoary- 

 grey spots on the throat. Total length 10 inches, culmen 0'95, 

 wing 4-3, tail 3'8, tarsus 1*1 . 



Young. Only differs from the adult in having less gloss on the 

 upper surface, the feathers being more narrowly edged ; the throat 

 is rather brighter and more uniform crimson, with scarcelj- any of 

 the hoary-grey spotting. 



Hah. West Africa from Liberia to the Gold Coast. 



a. Ad. sk. [Sierra I>eone.l Tweeddale Coll. 



b. Ad. ; c. Juv. sk. Fantee (//. T. Ussher). Sharpe Coll. 

 d. Ad. ; e,f. Juv. sk. Fantee (Anhinn). Sharpe Coll. 

 g, h. Ad. sic. Fantee (//. T. Ussher). Shelley Coll. 

 t. Ad. ; A:. Juv. sk. Deukera {R. T. Ussher). Shelley Coll. 



18. CAPITO. 



Type. 



Oapito, Vieill. Analyse, p. 27 (181('>) C. niger. 



Nvstastes, Gloger, in Froriep's Notizen, xvi. p. 277 



■(1827) ....". C. niger. 



Fubucco, Bp. Consp. i. p. 142 (1850) C. i-ichardsoni. 



Micropogon, Temm. PI. Col. te.xte (1830) C. niger. 



Range, Confined to Central and Southern America. 



Keij to the Siiecies. 



a. >«'o spots or streaks on the sides of the 



body ; throat uniform orange-yellow like 

 breast ; head crimson in males, hoary 

 grey in females aurovireni, p. 108. 



b. Sides of body spotted with black. 

 a'. Throat black. 



a". Upper surface black, imiform ; no 

 scarlet on the forehead ; orange on 



flanks nuwidicoronatus J , p. 109. 



b" . I'pper sui'taca black, the feathers 

 fringed with white ; forehead scarlet; 



no ornuge ou the flanks sqiiamatus, p. 110. 



b'. Throat white, followed by a yellow 



baud 7iwcultcoro/uitits c^ , p. 109. 



c. Throat white ; breast yellow ; forehead 

 black ; feathers of crown, occiput, and 

 neck tipped with blood-red quinticohr, p. 111. 



