1198 MR. C. E. HELLMAYR ON THE 



M. pallescens is peculiar to the forests of Western Colombia., 

 Juntas being the most southerly locality on record. Specimens 

 from the Central Cordillera (Remedies, JSTeche, Paturia) I have 

 not seen, but from Sclater's remarks they would seem to be 

 somewhat different. 



173. Capito quinticolor Elliot. 



Capito quinticolor Elliot, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, i. Bull, 

 p. 76, pi. iv. fig. 1 (1865.— "Nouvelle Grenade," Triana coll.); 

 Dalmas, Bidl. Soc. Zool. France, xxv. 1900, p. 176 ( J $ : El 

 Paillon, near Buenaventura). 



No. 2689. S ad. Tado, 230 ft., 2.vi.09.— Wing 82 ; tail i^ ; 

 bill 21 mm. 



" Irides reddish brown, feet dark grey, maxilla black, mandible 

 blue-grey." 



This bird agrees well with the figure of the type except 

 in having a distinct orange tinge along the middle of the lower 

 breast and abdomen. It is an adult male in perfect plumage. 

 C. quinticolor is the rarest of the Barbets of South America, only 

 four specimens being on record. The type, in the Paris Museum, 

 was brought by Mons. Triana from Colombia, without any 

 further locality. Count Dalmas recorded a couple obtained by 

 Eugene Andre near Buenaventura, province of Choco, viz., in the 

 same general district whence our specimen also comes. 



C. quinticolor is apparently confined to the humid, forest- 

 covei-ed lowlands of Western Colombia. 



174. Capito maculicoronatus Lawr. 



Capito maculicoronatus Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. H. N. Y. vii. 

 p. 300 (Jan. 1861. — Lion Hill, Panama) ; Sclater & Salvin, 

 P.Z.S. 1879, p. 537 (Remedios, Neche : Antioquia). 



Nos. 2297, 2312. d c? ad. Novita: 16, 19.xi.08.— Wing 88, 85 ; 

 tail 56, 54; bill 2U mm. 



No. 2227. c? nearly ad. Rio Cajon : 31.X.08.— Wing 85 ; tail 

 56 ; bill 22 mm. 



Nos. 2298, 2313. $ $ ad. Novita : 16, 19.xi.08.— Wing 84; 

 tail 53, 54 ; bill 21^, 22 mm. 



No. 2028. 2 imm. Noanama : 28.viii.08.— Wing 78 ; tail 54 ; 

 bill 21 mm. 



"Iris black (d), dark brown ( $ ), feet blue, bill blue, tip 

 black." 



Compared with two specimens from Panama in the Munich 

 Museum, the males have the yellow tinge across the lower 

 breast rather paler, but in other respects they are similar. 



C. macidicoronatus ranges from Veragua and Panama south- 

 wards to Western Colombia, and inhabits exclusively the hot, 

 forest-clad lowlands and foot-hills. 



