CAPITO VERSICOLOII. 
(THE PAINTED B A E B E T.) 
Bacco mayncmensis (1760) Brisson ; Ornith. IV. p. 102. 
„ versicolor (1776) Miiller ; Syst. Nat. Suppl. p. 88. 
Barhi, de Maynas . . , . . . . (1783) Buffon ; PI. Enl. VII. No. 330. 
Bucco pictus (1783) Boddaert ; Tabl. PI. Enl. No. 330. 
„ elegans (1788) Gmelin ; S. N. p. 406. 
Le Barbu elegant (1806) Le Vaill. ; Barbus, pi. 34. 
Le Cabezon elegant (1816) Vieillot; N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. IV. p. 497. 
Capita maynanenis (1816) VieiUot; N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. IV. p. 497. 
Eubucco elegans ....... (1850) Bonap. ; Consp. Av. I. p. 142. 
„ pictus (] 857) Sclater ; P. Z. S. p. 268. 
Capito pictus (1861) Selater; Ibis, p. 187. 
„ versicolor (1868) G. E. Gray ; Cat. Brit. Mus. Capit. p. 21. 
. C. minor, viridis : capite coccineo : mystaeibiis grisescenti-cseruleis. 
$ . Ineognita. 
Hab. in regione Neotropica. 
Adult male. — Green ; head, nape, and throat rich red ; a well-defined collar, and broad 
moustachial stripes meeting below the red of the throat, pale blue ; the upper plumage 
bluish green ; quills brown, exterior web green ; base of the inner webs pale yellowish ; 
breast bright yellow, immediately below this a large patch of rich red on the centre of the 
lower breast ; the rest of the under surface yellowish white irregularly striped with bluish 
green; bill yellow, bluish at the base; legs and feet black; wing 3"-0, tail 2"-15. 
Hob. Peru [Le Vaillcmt). 
The Painted Barbet is the species of this subgenus which has been known the longest ; 
Additional references. — Bucco maynanensis : Latham (1790), Ind. Orn. I. p. 203 ; Cmier (1S29), Regn. An. 
p. 457. Bucco elegans: Cuvier (1829), Eegn. An. p. 457; Sclater (1857), P. Z. S. p. 268. Capito maynanensis: 
G. R. Gray (1846), Gen. of B. II. p. 430 ; Sclater (1857), P. Z. S. p. 268. 
