110 



CAPIIONID^. 



grey" (Taezanowski). Total length 6*4 inches, culmen 0-7o, wing 

 2'65, tail 1"85, tarsus 0'7. 



Adult female. Similar to the female of 0. i-ichardsoni, but with a 

 black forehead, goldon-yeUow crown, verditer-blue eyebrow and 

 ear-coverts, black chin, and greenish-yellow throat, followed by a 

 broad orange collar. Total length G inches, culraen U*75, wing 2-0, 

 tail 1-8, tarsus 0-8. 



Hub. Upper Amazons valley. 



a, h. S ad. sk. iiio Javari {H. W. Bates), Sclater Coll. 



(Types of the species.) 

 c, c^. J 2 ad. sk. Kio Javari. H. W. Bates, Esq. 



e,f. d 2 'id. sk. Samiiia, E. Peru {J. Hcmi- Salvm-Gudman CoU. 



well). 



//,//. cJ 5 ad.sk. Sarayacu, E. I'eru, Aug. {£. Sal viu-Godmau Coll. 



Bartlett). 



i, k. (S 2 ^d. sk. River Ucayali, July {J. Gould Coll. 



HauxiDell). 



11. Capito steerii. (Plate V. hg. 2.) 



Capito steerii, Scl. ^ Salv. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 140, pi. 12 (tig. inacc.) ; 

 Tacz. P. Z. S. 1882, p. 45 ; id. Oi-n. Peroii, iii. p. 143 (1880). 



Adult male. Similar to C. richardsoni as regards the colour of 

 the under surface of the body, but with a much larger patch of 

 crimson on the throat ; the head and sides of face are brighter 

 crimson, and are followed by a collar of light cobalt-blue round the 

 hind neck : " beak clear yellow, bluish at base : feet black ; iris 

 dark reddisb brown " (Stohmann). Total length 5 inches, culmen 

 0-8, wing li-i), tail 1-iJ, tarsus 0-7. 



Hub. Peru. 



a. S ad. sk. lluambo, Peru, March 12 (/. Stolz- Sclater Coll. 



tnayin). 



12. Capito versicolor. (Plate V. fig. 1.) 



Le Barbu des Mayuas, IJriss. Orn. iv. p. 102, pi. vii. fig. 3 (1700) ; 



Daubent. PL Enl. vii. p. 330. 

 Le Beau Tamatia, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vii. p. 98 (1780). 

 Bucco versicolor, P. L. S. Mull. Syst. Nat. Suppl. p. 88 (1700) ; Cass. 



Proc. Acad. Philad. 1804, p. 242. 

 Beautiful Barbet, Lath. Gen. Si/n. i. pt. 2, p. 498 (1782). 

 Bucoo pictus, Bodd. Tahl. PL Enl. p. 20 (1783). 

 Bucco elegans, Gin. Syst. Nat. i. p. 400 (1788). 

 Le Barbu elegant, Levaill. Hist. Nat. Barbus, p. 70, pi. 34 (1806). 

 Capito mayualeosis, VieiU. N. Diet, d^ Hist. Nat. iv. p. 497 (1816). 

 Capito mayuaneusis, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 430 (1840). 

 Eubucco elegans, Bp. Consp. i. p. 142 (1850) ; id. Consp. Vol. Zygod. 



p. 13 (1854). 

 Eubucco pictus, Sd. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 208. 

 Capito pictus. Scl. Ibis, 1861, p. 187 ; Goffin, Mus. Pays-Bas, 



Buccoues, p. 03 (1863). 



