CAPITO RICHARDSON I. 
(THE BLUE-COLLARED BARBET.) 
Capita richardsoni 
„ subsulphureus 
„ sulphureus 
Eubucco richardsoni 
Capito melanotis . 
(1846) Gray; Gen. of B. II. p. 430, pi. 106. 
(1846) Gray; Gen. of B. II. p. 430. 
(1849) Ey ton ; Contr. Orn. p. 130. 
(1850) Bp. ; Consp. Av. p. 142. 
(1861) Selat. ; Ibis, p. 190. 
C. capite saturate sangnineo : vitta cervieali postica cineraseenti-cserulea. 
Hob. in regione Neotropica. 
Male. — Green ; entire head dark blood-red, below which is a broad collar of deep 
cindery blue; upper plumage dark green; quills brown, edged on the exterior web with 
olive-green; chin blackish red; throat and upper breast bright yellow, shading into orange- 
red on the breast ; centre of the belly bright yellow ; the rest of the under surface yellowish 
white, irregularly striped with dark green ; beak yellow, bluish at base of lower mandible ; 
irides red; legs and feet dull greenish. Wing 2" - 45, tail l"-55. 
Female . — Entire upper plumage dark green ; head and back washed with dark yellow ; 
a stripe above the eye, extending in width down the sides of the neck, dark yellow ; cheeks 
and ear-coverts black ; chin and throat grey ; a broad band of rich yellow across the breast 
succeeded by a band of dull light green ; in other respects similar to the male. 
Hab. Interior of New Granada ( Sclater ). 
This beautiful little bird belongs to the smaller subgroup of the American Barbets. It 
Additional references. — Capito richardsoni: Sclat. (1855), P. Z. S. p. 163; Goff. (1863), Mus. Pays-Bas, Bucc. 
p. 59; Gray (1868), Cat. Brit. Mus. Capit. p. 22; Salv. (1870), Ibis, p. 112. Eubucco richardsoni: Sclat. (1857), 
P.Z.S. p.267; id. (1861), Ibis, p. 189. Capito melanotis: Gray (1868), Cat. Brit. Mus. Capit. p. 23; Salvin 
(1870), Ibis, p. 112. 
