288 TANAGRID.E. 



especially on the flanks ; middle of throat and belly whitish ; the 

 throat bordered on each side by a rather broad black stripe ; bend of 

 wing and under wing-coverts white ; bill thick and swollen at the 

 base, black, with a large yellowish blotch at the base of the upper 

 mandible : whole length 8 inches, wing 4, tail 4. Young similar, 

 but upper surface and wings tinged with olive, and bill black. 



Hah. S.E. Brazil and Uruguay. 



This species is at once recognizable by its massive bill, which has 

 also a peculiar swelling at the base of the upper mandible, just below 

 the nostril. In my American Catalogue I entered the young as 

 /S. maxillosus, as agreeing best with Dr. Cabanis's description, and 

 the adult as S. gularis. But the olive back and dark bill of the 

 former are, I now think, probably due only to immaturity. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Sclater Coll. 



J. Gould, Esq. 



7. Saltator grandis. 



Tauagra grandis, Licht. Preis- Verz. p. 2 (IBol) ; cf. Cab. J. f. 0. 

 186.3, p. 57. _ 



Saltator rufiventris, Vi(/. Bcechei/s Voy. p. 19. 



Saltator vigorsi, Gray, Gen. ii. p. 36.3 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 489 ; id. Notes 

 Orn. p. 23 : Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 143. 



Saltator icterophrys, Lafr. liev. Zool. 1844, p. 41. 



Saltator grandis, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 72, 1857, p. 205, 1859, 

 pp. 58, 364, 377, 1864, p. 174 (Mexico) ; id. Syn. Av. Tan. p. 10; id. 

 Cat. A. B. p. 96 ; Scl. et Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 14 (Guatemala) ; iid. 

 P. Z. S. 1870, p. 836 (Honduras) ; iid. Nomencl. p. 26 ; Moore, 

 P. Z. S. 1859, p. 58 (Honduras) ; Cab. J.f. 0. 1860, p. 416, 1861, 

 p. 1 (Costa Eica) ; Sumichr. Mem. Post. ' 8. N. H. i. p. 549 (Vera 

 Cruz) ; Laiur. Ann. L. N. Y. ix. p. 102 (Costa liica) et p. 200 

 (Yucatan) ; id. Bull. U. S. N. M. no. 4, p. 19 (W. Mexico) ; Frantz. 

 J.f. O. 1869, p. 300 (Costa Rica) ; Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 200 ; 

 Boucard, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 443 (Costa Rica) ; Salv. et Godm. Biol, 

 Centr.-Am., Aves, i. p. 328. 



Above cinereous, wings and tail blackish ; superciliaries white ; 

 sides of head black : below pale cinereous ; middle of throat white, 

 with a broad black stripe on each side ; crissum rufous ; lower belly 

 and under wing-coverts ochraceous ; bill blackish, paler at the base 

 of the lower mandible ; feet dark brown : whole length 8-5 inches, 

 wing 4-1, tail 4"1. Female similar. Young. Above olive-green, 

 superciliaries yellowish ; below suffused with olive-green, crissum 

 rufescent. 



Bab. Southern Mexico, Yucatan, and Central America south to 

 Costa Rica. 



a. Jr. sk. Orizaba (Batten). Sclater CoU. 



b. Ad. sk. ; c-e. Orizaba {Botteri), Purchased. 

 Jr. sk. 



