548 CAPITONLD^. 



forms, such as Trachyphonus, in the Capitoninae. In the latter Tetragonops is assigned 

 a place to itself, Pogonorhynchus being at the opposite end of the arrangement. 



Capito is associated with MegaloBma, Trachyphonus, Sec, but has a separate section 

 to itself. 



When the anatomy of these genera has been more fully worked out we should look 

 for characters to connect Capito with Tetragonops, so as to remove these American 

 forms from the Old World members of the family *. 



CAPITO. 



Capito, Vieillotj Anal. p. 27 (1816) ; Marshall, Mon. Capit. pp. xxxi, xxxvi; Shelley, Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus. xix. pp. 15, 107. 



Two of the fifteen species of Capito recognized by Capt. Shelley are found within the 

 limits of our region — one, the very peculiar C. maculicoronatus of Panama and the 

 adjoining State of Antioquia ; the other, C. salvini of Panama and Costa Rica, a close 

 ally of the more widely ranging southern form C. bourcieri. 



The tomia of the maxilla in Capito is even and without tooth or notch near the 

 extremity, the point of the mandible fits into that of the maxilla in the ordinary way. 

 A few strong black bristles extend far over the nostrils, others spread forwards from 

 the chin. The wings are short, close-fitting, and rounded ; the tail short and much 

 rounded. In coloration the sexes differ greatly — so much so, that the males and 

 females of several of the species have been treated as distinct species until their true 

 relationship was recognized. 



1. Capito maculicoronatus. 



Capita maailicoronatus, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 300 ^ ; Sel. Ibis, 1862, p. 1, 1. 1 " ; Scl. & Salv. 

 P. Z. S. 1864, p. 366'; 1879, p. 537*,- Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 157'; MarshaU, Mon. Capit. 

 p. 153, t. 61'; Shelley, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xix. p. 109'. 



Nitente niger, pileo medio plaga maculosa ornato, plumis singulis albicantibus saturate fusco limbatis : subfcus 

 albus, cervicis lateribus et pectore aurantio suflfasis, hypochondriis nigro guttatis et plaga elongata laete 

 aurantiaca notatis ; roatro corneo ; pedibus nigricantibus. Long, tota 6-3, alae 3-1, caudse 2-0, rostri a 

 rietu I'l, tarsi 0-9. 



5 mari similis, gutture et pectore toto nigris. (Descr. maris et feminae ex Lion Hill, Panama. Mus. nostr.) 



Hob. Panama, Santiago de Veraguas [Arce ^), Lion Hill {M-Leannan ^ ^ 3^, — Colombia*. 



This remarkable species, which has no near allies, was discovered by M'Leannan on 

 the Isthmus of Panama, and was described by Lawrence in 1861 in his first paper on 

 the birds of that region ^ Subsequently specimens of both sexes carefully dissected 

 were obtained by M'Leannan and Galbraith 2, and by them our collections have been 

 supplied. Arce, too, met with this Barbet near Santiago de Veraguas ^, but beyond 



* Since the above paragraph was in type Mr. Beddard has published a note on this subject [P. Z. S. 1896, 

 p. 557J, in which he says that a possible means of differentiating the Old World from the New World Barbets 

 lies in the pterylosis of the spinal tract. 



