186 
Mr. P. L. Sclater on the American Barbets. 
2. Capito amazonicus. 
Micropogon amazonicus, Deville et Des Murs, Rev. et Mag. de 
Zool. 1849, p. 174; Des Murs, Zool. Voy. Casteln. Ois. p. 28. 
pi. 3. fig. 2. 
Similis Capitoni peruviano, sed gutture rubro : long, tota 5*3, 
alse 2*3, caucbe 21. 
Bab. Ega and Santa Maria, Upper Amazon [Deville). 
Mus. Brit. 
MM. Deville and Des Murs describe this bird as forming an 
intermediate variety between C. erythrocephalus and C.peruvianus. 
A skin in the British Museum, which seems to be referable to it, 
was obtained by Mr. Wallace at Ega, and is marked: “Iris 
orange; tongue cartilaginous, flat, not fringed: in stomach 
seeds.” It resembles Capito peruvianus except in its red throat, 
in which respect it is clearly intermediate between C. erythro¬ 
cephalus and its Amazonian representative. 
3. Capito peruvianus. 
Le Barbu orange de Perou, Le Vail. Ois. de Par. ii. pi. 27. p. 63. 
Bucco peruvianus, Cuv. Regne An. (1829) i. p. 458. 
Capito peruvianus, Gray's Gen. ii. p. 430; Deville et Des Murs, 
Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1849, p. 161. 
Capito punctatus, Less.Tr. d'Orn.p. 65; Gray's Gen. ii. p. 430; 
Des Murs, Icon. Orn. pi. 20. 
Capito aurifrons, Yig. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1832, p. 3; Gray's Gen. 
ii. p. 430. 
Eubucco aurifrons, Bp. Consp. p. 142. 
Micropogon flavicollis, Bp. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1837, p. 120. 
Capito flavicollis, Gray's Gen. ii. p. 430. 
Micropogon aureus, Temm. PL Col. (sub tab. 490). 
Le Barbu de la Guyane, ii. var.,Le Yail. Ois.de Par. pi.26. p. 62. 
Niger, sulphureo variegatus, pileo toto virescenti-sulphureo: 
gutture aurantio : abdomine flavo : pectore et lateribus in 
juvene nigro squamatis et guttatis: long, tota 7*0, alse 3*5, 
caudse 2*2. 
Hab. Interior of New Granada; Rio Napo; Upper branches of 
the Amazon; Rio Javarri [Bates); Chamicurros [Hawxwell). 
Mus . Brit., P.L.S. 
This species is easily distinguished from its representative in 
