300 Catalogue of Birds from New Grenada. 



Fam. CAPITONID^. 



SuBFAM. CAPITONIN^ 



122. Capito maciilicoronatus, sp. nov. 



The feathers of the crown and occiput are elongated and distinctly 

 spotted, being of a fine brown color at the base with the ends dull white, 

 on the hind neck the feathers are wholly brown and destitute of spots ; 

 the entire upper plumage besides, together with the sides of the head and 

 of the neck, are glossy bluish black ; tail brownish black above and dark 

 brown underneath ; wings dark brown, under lining of wings and inner 

 edges of quills pale yellow; throat silky white, becoming pale yellow on 

 the lower part of the neck, and deepening to orange on the breast, 

 where it forms a transverse band ; abdomen pale cream-colored white, 

 marked down each side with conspicuous heart-shaped black spots, sides 

 under the wings black, marked on the pleura with elongated feathers of 

 a deep orange ; inside of thighs white ; under tail coverts white, tinged 

 with pale yellow; bill dark horn color, the culmen is marked just for- 

 ward of the nostrils with a spot of dull orange, under part of the lower 

 mandible dull white ; legs and feet black. 



Length 6f in.; wing 31 ; tail 21 ; bill | ; tarsi |. 



The female, in place of the white throat and orange breast of the male, 

 has those parts of the same lustrous black as the upper plumage ; in all 

 other markings they are precisely alike. 



This species dififers remarkably in color from all others of the 

 genus. 



Fam. CUCULID^. 



SuBFAM. COCCYZINiE. 



123. Piaya nigricrissa, Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 285. 



124. " rutila {Vieill.). 



125. mplo;pterus excellens, Sd. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 229. 



126. Dromococcyx Mexicanus^ Bp. 



