( 27(i ) 

 K. Saltator magnus ((iiu.). 



Tiimir/ra maf/im Gmelin, Si/sl. Xal. 1. ii. (1788) p. H'.IQ (exBuffon : Cayenne). 



Scdiuhr iiMijiius Sclater * Salvin, /'. Z. S, Wu. p. .'172 (Pant) ; Layard, Ihis, 187:i. p. 88U ( Paril). 



c? ad. 3. iii. l'J(i4.— No. 2iill ; ? Jaunary 27, 1004.— No. 1947. " Iris bruu." 

 18. Lamprospiza melauoleuca (V^ieill.). 



Siillaliir meUiiinlriiriis Vieillot, Xmir. />i' t. xiv. (lf<17) p. 10,") (" I'Am^riqiie meridionale"). 

 /.iiiii/inixji!:.a nieluiiolciint Pelzelu. Xiir Oriiith. Hnisil. lii. (ISO'.I) p. 218 (P.ir.-t). 



d ad., taken April 14, 1904. No. 2ii83.— AI. 9.5; caud. C4A ; r(.,str. l^h mm. 

 " Iris brun-rouge, pattes noire.^, bee grenat." 



?, moulti-ug, taken April lo, 19il4.— Al. 00 ; cand. 71^, ; rostr. 17 mm. Soft 

 parts as above. 



Both these specimens have the bill 1)right blood-red. This colonr evidently 

 fades soon after death, as shown by two examples obtained by Prof. Steere near Para, 

 which have dark yellow bills. 



The female differs from the male sex in having the whole back and the scapulars 

 light cinereous and the lower parts pale creamy (instead of jjure white). The np]ier 

 wing-coverts, however, are glossy black as in the male, not cinereous as stated in the 

 Cat. Birds, xi. p. 297. 



V'^ieillot's description suits our birds very well, but the ujiper iiuindible is 

 certainly not black, as stated by Vieillot. 



10. Pitylus erythromelas (Gm.). 



Lnxia cri/thriimelue Gmelin, Si/.^i. .Wit 1. ii. (178s) p. So'.i (ex Latham: Cayenna). 

 PiUjlus eryihroiin'1'ii Sclater \' Salvin, /'. Z. .S. 18(i7, p. 572 (Capim River, June 18411). 



Two adult males, taken •,':!. iv., 7. v. 19ii4. Nos. 21:J0, 2167. " Iris brun " and 

 " bleu-noir."' 



The specimens agree exactly with a series from British Guiana (coll. Whitely) 

 in ccilour and size. 



21), Pitylus canadensis (Linn,). 



Liiriii canmh'nxiii Linnaeus, N//.s/. Sttt. xii. i, (176*)) p. 304 (ex Brisson — " Canada " — erroi-e ! 



We substitute Caijeniie). 

 Piti/liis cayanensh Pelzeln, Ziir Orn. Bms. iii. (18Gy) p. 221 (Borba, Paia). 

 J'ili/lun cirklia Sclater & Salvin, I'.Z.S. 1867. p. 572 (Para), 



Three specimens, two marked S, one ?, taken 27, i., 5. ii., 15. iv. 10(i4. 

 Nos. 1940, 10G3, 2091. 



They agree with examples from British Guiana collected by tiie late 

 H. Whitely. The form inhabiting 8.E. Brazil, of which I have before me a 

 good series from Kio and Bahia, differs only in its larger size, especially 

 constantly longer tail and in having the forehead and crown much brigliter 

 coloured, jjure golden-yellow, instead of being yellowish green like the back. 

 Moreover, the bill is rather shorter and thiclter. Tliis southern subspecies has 

 to stand as /-*. c. bra.vUeitsis (Cab.). 



Mr. iSclater* gives as one of its distinctive char.-icters the "black I'ronl."' 

 I'liit none of my ten specimens I'rom Hio, Jlinas, and Bahia show any trace of 

 tin's feature; on the contrary, the forehend is alsvays yellowish green. One 

 6 ;ul. from Pcrnambuco, however, dilfers very markedly in having a broad black 



• Cat. Hirlh Uril. Miis. xi. ]>. :iUi:. 



