54 ARKIV FÖR ZOOLOGI. BAND 13. N.O 4. 



Ramphocelus dimidlatiis limatus Ridgway, Birds North Middle Am. IT, 1902 

 1 19 (San Miguel) — Thayer and Bancs, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zoöl. XLVI, 

 1905, 159 (San Migiiel; Saboga; Pacheca) — v. Berlepsch, Ber. V. 

 Int. Orn.-Kongr. 1910, 1059 (San Migiiel). 



BovALLius' Collection: 1 ?, Pacheca, March 28: 1 ,^, 

 1 ö* young, 1 $, Chapera, April 1 and 2; 3 c^(^, 1 ?, Viveros, 

 April 7, 8 and 10. (The male 74 belongs to Upsala Zoological 

 Museum.) 



The coloration of these birds agrees very well with the orig- 

 inal description given by Bångs. At first sight the males 

 are easily to be recognized from B. d. isthmicus Ridg. by their 

 browner Avings and tails and the dull crimson maroon edgings 

 on the greater wingcoverts. Bangs states too the tertials and 

 secondaries to be edged with the same, this is, however, not 

 always the case. The crimson color is decidedly duller than 

 in R. d. isthmicus, and in most of the birds there is an obvious 

 brownish-red shade on the outer edges of rectrices. 



As I have found no records about the young of this bird, 

 I here give a description of the young male. 



Upper parts of head with the feathers grayish brown 

 for basal half or more, blackish vandyke brown towards tip; 

 nasal plumes, lores, sides and under parts of head of a dull 

 color between vandyke brown and burnt umber, more or less 

 shaded, especially on the two further ones, with very dull 

 crimson; rump, upper tailcoverts, breast, and belly dull Eng- 

 lish red, most intense on upj)er breast (nearer to dull bay, 

 the feathers tipped with red), more orange on rump and tail- 

 coverts; tail blackish mummy brown, feathers indietinctly 

 shaded with reddish on outer webs. 



The San Miguel Tanager is a common bird in the Archi- 

 pelago. It is a great favourite among the inhabitants, who 

 name it «8angre del Toro», i. e. «the bulFs blood». 



Fam. Fringillidae. 

 95. Yolatiniii jacarini splendens (Vieillot). 



Volatinia jacarini splendens Bangs, Ank. XVIII, 1901, 32 (San Mignel) — 

 Ridgway, Birds North Middle Am. I. 1901, 526 (ref. in iit. ) — Thayer 

 and Bangs, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zoöl. XLVI, 1905, 159 (San Miguel). 



The Blue-black Grassquit was not collected by Dr. Bo- 

 vallus. 



