112 Mr. 0. Salvin on Mr. Lawrence's 



hartlaubi, Scl., Ibis, 1861, p. 189, Cat. Am. B. p. 330; 

 Schlegel, Mus. P.-B. Buccones, p. 61 ; Lawr., Ann. Lye. N. Y. 

 ix. p. 130. C. capistratus, Eyton, Contr, Oru. 1849, p. 131. 

 Megalcema capistratus, Id., op. cit. 1850, p. 29, t. 45, Ew 

 hucco hartlaubi, Scl. 



Hab. New Granada; Costa Biea {Carmiol). 



It will be observed that skins of the sexes, according to my 

 view, of this species have been associated together in collections 

 ever since its first introduction to science by Lafresnaye in 

 1845, when the sexes were described in the same paper as two 

 species; and, again, the recent discovery of the bird in Costa 

 Rica shows both sexes occurring together. 



As already observed by Mr. Sclater (Ibis, 1861, p. 188), spe- 

 cimens from Ecuador are larger than those from New Granada. 

 This difference is especially observable in the bill, which is 

 much stouter and longer, and of a clearer yellow colour. The 

 wings of the two races are of the same length. I also observe 

 that the red colouring of the under surface of the Ecuadorean 

 bird is confined to the throat and upper breast, and does not 

 spread downwards over the chest as in the more northern race, 

 Costa-Bican examples are just like New-Granadian as regards 

 the size of the bill ; but the breast of the male is rather more 

 golden ; in the female the green of the throat is slightly deeper, 

 and the orange of the chest-band rather more dispersed over the 

 under surface. These differences are very slight, and hardly 

 warrant the separation of these races as distinct species. 



2. Capito richardsoni, G. B. Gray. 



Capito richardsoni. Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 430, t. 106. ; Scl., 

 Ibis, 1861, p. 189, Cat. Am. B. p. 329; Schlegel, Mus. 

 P.-B. Buccones, p. 59. Eubucco richardsoni, Bp. Consp. Av. i. 

 p. 142. Capito sulphureus, Eyton, Cont. Orn. 1849, p. 130. 

 C melanotis, Scl., Ibis, 1861, 190 [partim) ; C hartlaubi, 

 Schlegel, Mus. P.-B. Buccones, p. 61 [partim). 



Hab. New Granada. 



3. Capito aurantiicollis (Sclater). 



Eubucco aurantiicollis, Scl., P. Z. S. 1857, p. 267. Capito 

 aurantiicollis, Id., Ibis, 1861, p. 189; Cat. Am. B. p. 329; 



