IS. TAPITO. 117 



r'apito vprsicolo]-, Hray, List Capif. lirit. Mvs. ]>. 21 (18C)>^') : id. 

 lluiid-l. II. ii. ]i. irK no. 840(; ( is70): 3I(irshall, MuvK/r. Capif. 

 1.. 1 7 1 , ].l. (iS ( J s71 ) ; ,SV7. 7'. Z. -y. 187:!, i)p. 78] , 783 ; 8d. i>,- Salv. 

 Nommd. Ar. Neotr.\>. 110 (1873); iid. 1'. Z. ,S. ]«79, p. 034; 

 Taczan. Orn. Perou, iii. p. 141 (188()). 



Aditlt male. General colour bright grass-green, slightly inclining 

 to olive on the mantle ; wing-coverts like the back : bastard-wing, 

 ])riinary-coverts, and ((uills dusky brown, externally olive-green ; 

 tail-tVnithers olive-green, brighter green on the edges; crown of 

 head as far as the nape scarlet ; hind neck with a band of silvery 

 cobalt : lores black ; (Uir-covcrts scarlet like the crown ; cheeks 

 silvery cobalt, forming a broad band ; chin black ; throat crimson, 

 followed by a narrow line of silvery cobalt, which is bordered by an 

 orange shade ; fore neck and chest bright yellow ; on the breast a 

 large scarlet patch ; remainder of under surface of body pale 

 yellow : the sides of body and flanks broadly streaked with green ; 

 thighs yellow ; under tail-coverts yellow, streaked with green ; 

 under wing-coverts white with a yellow tinge ; quills below dusky 

 brown, yellow along the inner edge. Total length 6 inches, 

 culmen 0-8, wing 2-85, tail 2-1, tarsus 0'75. 



Adult female. Different from the male, wanting the scarlet on 

 the head, which is olive-yellowish ; forehead verditer-blue, with a 

 basal line of l)lack like the lores ; sides of face, ear-coverts, and 

 throat verditer-blue, followed by a bar of scarlet across the lower 

 throat ; fore neck and chest pale emerald-green with a wash of 

 verditer-blue. Total length o-5 inches, culmen (>8o, wing 2*9, 

 tail 2, tarsus 0-8. 



Hab. Bolivia and Peru. 



a. S ad.sk. Interior of Bolivia. Sclater Coll. 



b. 2 ad. sk. Tilotilo, Bolivia (C. Buckley). Sclater Coll. 



c. c? ad.; d,e. TWoiilo {€'. Buckley). Salvin-Godman (Joll. 

 2 a4. sk. 



f. 2 ad. sk. Huiro, Vallev of Urubamba, Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



Peru, 4800' ft. {J. Orton). 



13. Capito glaucogularis. 



Capito glaucogularis, Tschudi, Arch. f. Xatury. 1844, p. 301 ; id. S)- 



Cab. Faun. Peruan., Aves, -p. 2o9, tab. xxiv. tig. 2 (1855); Scl. 



Ibis, 1861, p. 190; Goffin, Mus. Pays- Bus, Euccones, p. 164 



(ISCJa); Graif, List Capit. Brit. .Vk.<.' p. 21 (18()S) ; id. Hand-l. 



ii. p. 178. no. 8501 (1870); Mai-.s/nd/, Mmm/r. Capif. ]>. 169, pi. 



67 (1871) ; Scl. L^ Salv. Xo7ne)icl. Av. Neotr. p. 110 (1873). 

 Micropogon irlaucogularis, J^/j. Consp. i. p. 142(1850); id. Con-tp. 



Vol 7j!f(,od.Y'. 12(1854). 

 C^apito ervtbrocephalus, Tschudi S)- Cab. Faun. Peruan., Aves, p. 260 



(18.-,.-,).' 

 Capit.) tscbudii, Scl. Iliis, 1861, p. 188: Goffin, Mus. Pays-Bag, 



Buccones, p. 64 (1808) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 178, no. 8500. 



Aihdt male. Similar'to C. versicolor, but differing in the colour 

 of the throat and cheeks, the latter being sulphur-yellow like the 



