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296. Saltator maximus (P. L. S. Miiller). 



Three specimens, adult and immature, Vicinity of Paramaribo, and 

 Lelydorp, April, and December. 



297. Saltator olivascens olivascens Cabanis. 



Eleven specimens, both sexes, adult and immature, also one nestling, 

 Vicinity of Paramaribo, and Lelydorp, January, February, March, 

 April, June, July, and August. 



In addition to the above, we have before us a large series of this 

 species from British Guiana, Venezuela, Colombia, and Trinidad, and 

 we distinguish three races: 



297a. Saltator olivascens olivascens Cabanis. 



Type-locality. — British Guiana. A dark-colored bird ranging from 

 Surinam to Venezuela; the Venezuelan specimens tending a little 

 toward the next form. 



297b. Saltator olivascens plumbeus Bonaparte. 



Type-locality. — Santa Marta, Colombia. A decidedly paler bird, 

 the upper parts much lighter gray. 



297c. Saltator olivascens brewsteri, subsp. nov. 



Type. — William Brewster Coll. 30,845. Adult cf . Caparo, Trini- 

 dad, 22 March, 1894. William Brewster. 



Characters. — In general coloration intermediate between the two 

 forms above, but differing from both in having a very much wider 

 and more distinctly white superciliary stripe which reaches quite to 

 the base of the culmen and is widest at that point. 

 [ Measurements. — Type, adult cf ; wing, 104; tail, 94; tarsus, 27; 

 exposed culmen, 20.5. 



