282 tanagribjE. 



2. Psittospiza elegans. 



Saltator elegans, Tsch. Wiegin. Arch. 1844, i. p. 288. 



Saltator riefteri, Tsch. Faun. Per., Aves, p. 210. 



Psittospiza elegans, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 003 (Bolivia) ; iid. 



Nomencl. p. 26 ; Tacz. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 518 (Centr. Peru), 1883, 



p. 16 (N.E. Peru) ; id. Orn. Per. ii. p. 538. 



Bright grass-green ; front, lores, sides of face, chin and throat, 

 and middle of the belly chestnut ; bill orange ; feet yellow : whole 

 length 7'8 inches, wing 4'5, tail 3-5. 



Hah. Peru and Bolivia. 



This form is not very distinct from its northern representative, 

 but may be recognized by the greater extension of the chestnut on 

 the front above and over the throat below. In P. riefferi this colour 

 merely just covers the chin. 



a, h. Ad. sk. Tilotilo, Yungas, Bolivia {Buckley). SalviD-Godman Coll. 

 e. Ad. sk. Tilotilo, Yimgas, Bolivia (-Swc/vfey). Sclater Coll. 



53. SALTATOR. 



Saltator, Vieill. Analyse, p. 32 (1816). 



The genus Saltator embraces about 19 species, diffused over the 

 whole Tanagrine area in the New World as far north as Mexico and 

 Yucatan, but not intruding into the U.S. or West Indies. They are 

 for the most part dressed in sober hues of olive, grey, and brown, 

 and of rather larger size than the average of Tanagers. The bill is 

 short, strong, and provided with a terminal hook and slight notch. 

 The feet are strong and claws sharp. The tail is rather long and 

 squared. 



The Saltators keep to the bushes and smaller trees outside the 

 dense forests, build open cup-shaped nests, and lay bluish-green 

 eggs streaked with black round the larger end. (See Euler, J. f. 0. 

 1S67, p. 411 ; Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 505 ; and Nchrkorn, 

 ,T. f. 0. 1881, p. 68.) 



Key to the Species. 



A. Abdomen not striated ; plumbeous, whitish 

 or ochraceous. 

 a. Back bright olive-green. 



a'. Wings olive-green like the back. 

 a^. Cap black : 



[larger : head black . 1. atriceps, p. 283. 



\ smaller : head cinereous mixed 



( with olive 2. macjnoides, p. 284. 



h-. Cap olive like the back 3. ma(imi.^, p. 285. 



h'. Wings black 4. atrvpennis, p. 286. 



h. Back grey, wings and iuterscapulium 

 washed with green : 



I bill normal 5- similis, p. 287. 



I biU very thick 6. ma.villosus, p. 287. 



