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Characters. — Similar to S. s. striatipictus but slightly smaller, the 

 under parts more greenish or yellowish, less purely white and the stripes 

 rather heavier and more olive greenish, less gra^ash. 



Specimens exammed. — Twenty-one from Panama; near Panama 

 City and Loma del Leon. 



3. Saltator striatipictus speratus, subsp. nov. 



Type.— M. C. Z. 40,501. Adult cf • Sabago Island, Pearl Islands, 

 Bay of Panama. 6 April, 1904. W. W. Brown, Jr. 



Characters. — This form is about the size of S. s. isthmicus and 

 slightly smaller than S. s. striatipictus; in color and markings it is 

 intermediate, i.e., it is slightly more yello^dsh or greenish below than 

 striatipictus and less heavily striped on the under parts than isthmicus. 



If this were not an island form we would be inclined not to give it 

 a name, but to call it a connecting link between the two races. 



Measurements. — Type, adult cf ; wing, 93; tail, 88; tarsus, 23; 

 exposed culmen, 18. 



Specimens examined. — Forty from Pearl Islands; Sabago Island, 

 and San Miguel Island. 



4. Saltator striatipictus striatipictus Lafresnaye. 



Saltator striatipictus Lafr., Rev. zool., 1847, p. 73. 



Type-locality. — Caly, Colombia. 



Characters. — Size slightly larger than in the preceding forms; 

 under parts nearly white, very little tinged wath greenish or yellowish; 

 stripes on under parts fewer, narrower, and more grayish, less greenish 

 in color. 



Specimens examined. — Fourteen, "from Colombia; Caly (one co- 

 type), "New Grenada," Jimenez, San Luis Bitaco Valley, La Maria 

 Dagua Valley, Santa Marta, and Trinidad. (The Trinidad bird 

 may represent still another form.) 



5. Saltator striatipictus peruvianus Coiy. 



Saltator peruvianus Cory, Publ. 190 Field mus. nat. hist, ornith. 

 ser., 1916, 1, p. 34.5. 



Type-locality. — Hda. Limon, 10 miles west of Balsas, northern Peru. 

 Characters. — Much larger than S. s. striatipictus (wing in d^ 100- 



