CAP1T0 VERSICOLOR. 
(THE PAINTED BAUBET.) 
Bucco maynanensis 
,, versicolor 
Barbu cle Maynas . 
Bucco pictus . 
„ elegans 
Le Barbu elegant . 
Le Cabezon elegant 
Capito maynanenis 
Eubucco elegans 
,, pictus 
Capito pictus 
,, versicolor . 
(1760) Brisson; Ornith. IY. p. 102. 
(1776) Muller ; Syst. Nat. Suppl. p. 88. 
(1783) Buffon ; PI. Enl. VII. No. 330. 
(1783) Boddaert; Tabl. PI. Enl. No. 330. 
(1788) Gmelin; S. N. p. 406. 
(1806) Le Vaill. ; Barbus, pi. 34. 
(1816) Vieillot ; N. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. IV. p. 497. 
(1816) Vieillot; N. Diet. d’Hist. Nat. IV. p. 497. 
(1850) Bonap. ; Consp. Av. I. p. 142. 
(1857) Sclater; P.Z. S. p. 268. 
(1861) Sclater; Ibis, p. 187. 
(1868) G. B. Gray ; Cat. Brit. Mus. Capit. p. 21. 
d . C. minor, viridis : capite eoeeineo : mystacibus grisescenti-ceeruleis. 
$ . Incognita. 
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"T5. 
Hab. Peru (Le Vaillant). 
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; Cuvier (1829), Regn. An. 
p.457. Bucco elegans: Cuvier (1829), Regn. 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. 
