Mr. P. L. Sclater on the American Barbets. 187 



Cayenne by the want of the bright-red front, and the throat being 

 orange instead of red. The younger birds are more or less 

 spotted below, as in Capito erythrocephalus, and have been de- 

 scribed as different, under the name of Capito punctatus. The 

 irides, as noted by Mr. Hawxwell, are red. 



4. Capito aurovirens. 



Le Barbu oranvei't, Le Vail. Prom. Suppl. pi. E. 

 Bucco aurovirens, Cuv. Regn. An. (1829) i. p. 458. 

 Micropogon aurovirens, Bp. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1837, p. 120; 

 Bp. Consp. p. 142. 



Capito aurovirens, Gray's Gen. ii. p. 430. 



6 virescenti-fuscus : pectore late aureo : mento albescente : pileo 



coccineo : long, tota 7*5, alee 3'4, caudse 2*5. 

 $ pileo concolore : mento albescente. 

 Hab. Pemvian Amazon, Sarayacu on the Ucayali {Cast, et 



Deville, Hawxwell) ; Bio Napo. 

 Mus. Brit. 



Examples of this beautiful species obtained by Mr. Hawxwell 

 on the Ucayali, now in the British Museum, are marked " Irides 

 red." Specimens have likewise been received by Sir William 

 Jardine from the Rio Napo, through Professor Jameson. 



Sectio b. Eubucco. 

 Minores : coloribus Isetioribus. 

 5. Capito pictus. 



Barbu de Maynas, Buff. PI. Enl. 330, unde Bucco pictus, Bodd. 

 Tabl. d. PL Enl. 



Capito maynanensis, Gray's Gen. ii. p. 430, ex Brisson. 

 Bucco elegans, Gm. S. N. i. p. 406. 

 Le Barbu elegant, Le Vail. Ois. de Par. ii. pi. 34. p. 76. 

 Eubucco pictus, Sclat. P.Z. S. 1857, p. 268. 



Viridis : pileo et gutture medio coccineis : mystacibus latis et 

 torque angusto cervicali undique glauco-cseruleis : pectore 

 flavo : ventre flavo viridique fiammulato, macula magna 

 mediali sanguinea : rostro flavo, basi plumbea : pedibus 

 nigris : long, tota 6*0, alse 2*6, caudse 2-0. 



Hab. Bohvia (?). 



Mus. Derbiano. 



The only example I have ever seen of this Barbet is in the 



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