r)80* BIRDS FROM CARIBBEAN SEA AND HONDURAS. 



21. Tachyphonus uitidissimus R.M.v. ? < 

 One specimen (female), June 18. 



22. Airemon auiantiiiostiis L.vkk. 

 One specimen, June 19. 



23. Saltator atriceps (Lkss.). 



One specimen, June 13. 



24. Saltator magnoides L.\kr. 



Two specimens, June 24, An^ust 1. 



25. Saltator graudis( Light.). 

 One specimen, August 12, 



26. Pitylus poliogaster scapularis, 8nb8p. nov^. 



SUBSP. CHAR, — Similar to P. lioUogaster DuBus, bnt smaller (except 

 bill), black of throat more restricted, and scapulars olive-green, nearly 

 like back and wing, instead of slate-gray, like rump. 



Ilabitat. — Southern Honduras to Panaina. 



Adult male (type No. 9118G, Los Sabalos, Nicaragua, May 11, 1883; 

 C. (3. Nutting): Lores, anterior portion of malar region (for about .30 

 from base of lower mandible), chin and upper throat (for about .55 from 

 base of gonys) deep black, this color barely surrounding the eye; fore- 

 head and other portions immediately adjoining posterior edge of the 

 black capistrum Indian-yellow, this gradually changing to yellowish 

 olive-green on occiput, neck, back, scapulars, wings, and tail, and to deep 

 olive-yellow on chest and breast; rump and upper tail-coverts slate- 

 gray ; sides and flanks light slate gray, fading on abdomen into grayish 

 white ; under tail-coverts light brownish gray with paler margins; tibiie 

 olive-gray on outer side, olive-green on inner side; under wing-coverts 

 and edge of wing pure gamboge-yellow ; inner webs of remiges broadly 

 edged with paler yellow. Bill black, the lateral base plumbeous; feet 

 dusky. Length (skin) G,25, wing 3.50, tail 2.90, culmen .80, bill from 

 nostril .50, tarsus .82. 



Adult female (No. 91187, same locality and collector, May 17, 1883) : 

 Similar to the male, but yellow of head rather less intense. Length 

 (skin) C, wing 3.30, tail 2.85, culmen .80, bill from nostril .52, tarsus .85. 



The series examined of this new form embraces, besides the two de- 

 scribed above, three from the Segovia River, Honduras, collected by Mr. 

 Townseud ; two from Costa Ilica, and one from Veragua. These have 

 been compared, with four from southern Mexico, and five from Gua- 

 temala, and the differences pointed out above found to be constant. 

 Mr. Townseud's specimens are not in good i^lumage, hence others are 

 selected for types. 



27. Sporophila corvina (ScL.). 



Six specimens, June 12 to August 13. 



28. Guiraca concreta (Du Bis). 

 One specimen, June 12. 



