110 CAPITONIDJC. 



secondaries like the back ; the primaries brownish black ; tail- 

 feathers black : crown of head mottled with white-tipped feathers, 

 slightly washed with brown towards the nape ; sides of crown, ej'e- 

 brow, and base of forehead glossy black like the lores ; sides of the 

 face and ear-coverts, cheeks, throat, and under surface of body 

 white, with a broad crescent of golden yellow across the fore neck ; 

 sides of body largely spotted with ovate spots of black, and having 

 a patch of fiery-red or orange feathers; lower flanks entirely black; 

 thighs white, black externally ; under tail-coverts white, with a 

 pale sulphur tinge on the vent : under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 white with a faiut tinge of yellow, the edges of the wing black ; 

 quills below dusky black, yellow along the inner edge : " bill dark 

 horn-colour, the culmen marked just forward of the nostrils with 

 a spot of dull orange, under part of the lower mandible dull white ; 

 legs and feet black" {G. N. Lawrence) ; " iris dark " {T. K. Salmon). 

 Total length 6--1: inches, culmen 0*85, wing 3-2, tail 1-9, tarsus 

 0-95, 



Adult female. Differs from the male in having the entire throat 

 and chest black. Total length 6-2 inches, culmen 1-9, wing 3, tail 2, 

 tarsus 0"85. 



Hah. Panama and Colombia. 



a, b. (S ad. ; c. Veragua {E. Arce). Salvin-Godiuan Coll. 



5 ad. sk. 



d. 2 ad. sk. Panama (./. McLeannan). Salvin-Godnian ColL 



e, f. S 2 ^d. sk. Panama {J. McLeannan). Sclater Cull. 



y,h. S $ fid. sk. Lion Hill Station, Panama Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(J. McLeannan). 



t, A;, c? 2 ad. sk. Remedies, Antioquia (T. K. Sclater and Salvin- 



Salmon). Godman Colls. 



/. S ad. sk. Nichi, U.S. Colombia (T. K. Sulviii-Godman Coll. 



Salmon). 



3. Capito squamatus. 



Capito squamatus, Salvin, Ibis, 1876, p. 494, pi. xiv. ; Tacz. S,- Berl. 

 P. Z. S. 1885, p. 118. 



Adult (type of species). General colour above black, the feathers 

 of the upper parts margined with hoary white, yellowish on the 

 lower back, rump and upper tail-coverts with yellowish fringes ; 

 wing-coverts like the back and similarly fringed; bastard-wing, 

 ])rimary-coverts, quills, and tail-feathers black, the inner secondaries 

 with a'large yellowish-white mark near the end of the inner web, 

 which is mottled with black towards the tip ; forehead rich orange, 

 inclining to yellow on the vertex ; hinder crown and nape white 

 with a i'aint yellowish tinge, the hinder nape with a brown streak 

 on each side ; lores, eyebrow, sides of crown, sides of neck, hinder 

 neck, throat, and breast black ; remainder of under surface of body 

 pale sulphur-yellow, the sides of the body and flanks streaked with 

 black ; under wing-coverts white with a yellowish tinge ; quills 



