CAPITO AURATUS. 
(THE GOLDE N-T II E O A T E D B A R B E T.) 
Barhu orange du Perou .... (1806) Levaill. ; Barbus, pi. 27. 
Barhu de la Guyane .... (1806) Levaill. ; Barbus, pi. 26. 
Bucco auratus (1806) Dum. ; Diet. Sei. N.at. IV. p. 54. 
Bucco peruvianus (1817) Cuv. ; Eegn. Anim. p. 428. 
Capito punctatus (1830) 0. des Murs ; Icon. Omith. t. 20. 
Micropogon aureus (1830) Temm. ; PL Col. Texte, p. 83. 
Capita aurifrons (1832) Vigors ; P. Z. S. p. 267. 
Micropogon Jlavicollis .... (1837) Bp. ; P. Z. S. p. 120. 
Capita peruvianus . . . . . (1846) G. E. Gray ; Gen. of B. II. p. 430. 
„ Jlavicollis (1840) G. R. Gray; Gen. of B. IL p. 430. 
„ amazonicus . . . . . (1849) Deville & Des Murs; Eev. et Mag. de ZooL p. 161. 
„ „ ... . . (1865) Goffin ; Mus. Pays-Bas, Bucc. p. 55. 
S . Major : rostro plumbeo : supra niger siilphureo variegatus : fronte nitenti-sulphurea : gutture aurantiaco : 
pectore immaculato. 
$ . Mari similis, sed supra aurantiaco variegata, gutture pectoreque maculatis. 
$ juv. Similis sed gutture baud maculato. 
Hah. in regione Neotropica. 
Adult Male. — Forehead shining sulphur-yellow, shading into olive-yellow, with a tinge 
of brown on the occiput and nape ; a stripe over each eye running down the sides of the 
head and neck sulphur-yellow ; upper plumage and sides of the head and neck shining 
black, the former variegated with sulphur-yellow, more so on the lower back and upper 
Additional references.— 5mcco peruvianus: Cuv. (1829), Eegn. An. p. 457. Capita punctatus: Less. (1S31), 
Traite d'Orn. p. 65 ; Gray (1846), Gen. of B. II. p. 430. Micropogon aureus : Deville et Des Murs (1849), Eev. et 
Mag. de Zool. p. 161. Capita peruvianus: Sclater (1854), P. Z. S. p. 115 ; id. (1855), P. Z. S. p. 163; id. (1857). 
P. Z. S. p. 267; id. (1858), P. Z. S. p. 75; id. (1861), Ibis, p. 181 ; id. (1862), P. Z. S. p. 1 ; id. (1866), P. Z. iS. 
p. 195; id. (1867), P. Z. S. p. 753. Capita amazonicus: Scl. (1861), Ibis, p. 186. Capita auratus: G. E. Gray 
(1868), Cat. Brit. Mus. Capit. p. 20. Capita aurifrons : G. E. G. (1846), Gen. of B. II. p. 430. 
