Mr. P. L. Sclater on the American Barbets. 187 
Cayenne by the want of the bright-red front, and the throat being- 
orange instead of red. The younger birds are more or less 
spotted below, as in Capito erythrocephalus , and have been de¬ 
scribed as different, under the name of Capito punctatus. The 
irides, as noted by Mr. Hawxwell, are red. 
4. Capito aurovirens. 
Le Barbu oranvert, Le Vail. Prom. Suppl. pi. E. 
Bucco aurovirens, Cuv. Regn. An. (1829) i. p. 458. 
Micropogon aurovirens, Bp. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1837, p. 120; 
Bp. Consp. p. 142. 
Capito aurovirens, Gray's Gen. ii. p. 430. 
6 virescenti-fuscus : pectore late aureo : mento albescente : pileo 
coccineo : long, tota 7*5, alse 3’4, caudse 2*5. 
$ pileo concolore: mento albescente. 
Hob. Peruvian Amazon, Sarayacu on the Ucayali {Cast, et 
Deville, Hawxwell); Rio Napo. 
Mus. Brit. 
Examples of this beautiful species obtained by Mr. Hawxwell 
on the Ucayali, now in the British Museum, are marked “ Irides 
red.” Specimens have likewise been received by Sir William 
Jardine from the Rio Napo, through Professor Jameson. 
Sectio b. Eubucco. 
Minores: coloribus lsetioribus. 
5. Capito pictus. 
Barbu deMaynas, Buff. PI. Enl. 330, unde Bucco pictus, Bodd. 
Tabl. d. PI. Enl. 
Capito maynanensis, Gray's Gen. ii. p. 430, ex Brisson. 
Bucco elegans, Gm. S. N. i. p. 406. 
Le Barbu elegant, Le Vail. Ois. de Par. ii. pi. 34. p. 76. 
Eubucco pictus, Sclat. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 268. 
Viridis : pileo et gutture medio coccineis: mystaeibus latis et 
torque angusto cervicali undique g-lauco-cseruleis : pectore 
flavo: ventre flavo viridique flammulato, macula magna 
mediali sanguinea: rostro flavo, basi plumbea: pedibus 
nigris : long, tota 6’0, alee 2‘6, caudse 2*0. 
Hab. Bolivia (?). 
Mus. Derbiano. 
The only example I have ever seen of this Barbet is in the 
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