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nii^ricanto ; alls fuscis, sordido albo bistriatis et re- 

 raigibus eodern colore extrorsura limi)atis : rostri maKilla 

 corylina, mandibula pallida^ pedibus corjliuis. Long, 

 tota circa 4'0 poll., alse i'Q, caadse 1'6, tarsi 0-65, rostri 

 a rictu 0'5. 

 Hab. A-uuai, British Guiana {H. IVhitelij). 



CaPSIEMPIS gaud ATA, Sp. H. 



C. flaveola affinis, sed subtus multo pallidior ; torque cervi- 

 cali et gutture fulv^o tinctis ; notteo fusco olivaceo 

 tincto ; loris et I'ronte stricte albis ; alis fuscis, reniigibus 

 albido lirabatis, tectricibus majoribus et mediis sordido 

 albido tertninatis, fasciis duabus distinctis formantibus ; 

 Cauda fusca, rectricibus exterais in pogonio externo et 

 apicibus albidis ; rostro et pedibus nigricautibus. Long, 

 tota circa 4"0 poll., alse l'9o, caudse I'SS, tarsi 0*7, 

 rostri a rictu 05. 

 Hab. Ourumee, British Guiana {H. PVhitely). 

 Obs. Allied to C.flaveola, but readily distinguished by the 



light outer webs and tips of th3 outer tail-feathers and by 



other characters. 



Capito hypoleucus, sp. n. 

 Supra niger ; pileo medio et fronte coccineis ; nucha sordide 

 alba ; scapularibus utrinque albicantibus ad dorsum 

 medium convergentibus: subtus albus; torque pectorali 

 pallid e fusca; hypochondriis leviter flavo lavatis ; sub- 

 alaribus all)is ; remigibus intus pallide fuscis : rostro 

 flavido, apice corneo; pedibus plumbeis. Long, tota 

 8-0 poll., alae 3*5, caudse 2'25, tarsi J '0, rostri a rictu 

 1-3. 

 Hab. Valdivia, State of Antioquia, Colombia (alt. 3800 

 ped.) {A. E. Pratt). 



Obs. This remarkable Capito has no near allies. \\\ having 

 a wholly white throat it resembles C. maculicoronatus J", but 

 has not the spotted flanks of that species. Its red crown 

 and the white lines along the scapulars and the dusky band 

 across the chest are also points of difference. 



Dr. BowDLER Sharpe exhibited two skins of an appa- 

 rently new species of Sturnopastor from Pachim and Tahkameu 

 in Siam, collected by Mr. Stanley S. Flower, the Director 



