296 TANAGRID^. 



p. 649 (S. Liicia) ; Sd. et Sah: Nomencl. p. 26 ; Taylor, Ibis, 1864, 

 p. 167 (Dominica) ; Laicrence, Proc. U. S. N. M. i. pp. 57 (Domi- 

 nica), 354 (Martinique), 457 (Guadaloupe), et 487. 

 Saltator martinicensis, Up. Consp. i. p. 489 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 76 ; 

 id. Si/)i. Av. Tan. p. 14 ; id. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 267. 



Above cinereous ; head, upper back, and wings externally strongly 

 suffused with olive-green ; supcrciliaries, more or less distinctly 

 marked, white ; sides of head cinereous : below dirty white, purer 

 on the middle of the throat, which is bordered on each side by a 

 blackish stripe : breast slightly tinged with olivaceous, and more or 

 less longitudinally striated with dark shaft-stripes ; basal portion of 

 bill blackish, apical portion and gonys yellowish ; feet brown : 

 whole length 8 inches, wing 3'8, tail 3-6. Female similar. 



Ilab. Guadaloupe, Martinique, and S. Lucia, West Indies. 



This is an insular form of /S. albicoUis, to be recognized by its 

 grey rump, the black stripes which border the throat on each side, 

 and the generally more obscure colour below. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Martinique {Oher). Sahnn-Godman Coll. 



6, c. cj 2 ad. sk. INIavtinique ( Ober). Sclater Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Martinique. Sclater CoU. 



e. Ad. sk. Santa Lucia {Semper). Sclater Coll. 



f. Ad. sk. Santa Lucia {Semper). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 V- Ad. sk. Santa Lucia. Sclater Coll. 



54. LAMPROSPIZA. „ 



Type. 

 Lamprospiza, Cab. Wiegm. Arch. 1847, pt. i. p. 246. . L. melanoleuca. 



In plumage Lamprospiza reminds one of Cissopis, but in structure 

 it comes nearer to iSaJtator, although the bill is rather weaker. The 

 tail is of moderate length and squared at the extremity. The single 

 species is restricted to Cayenne and Lower Amazonia. The sexes 

 are distinct. 



1. Lamprospiza melanoleuca. 



Saltator melanoleucus, Vieill. Noiiv. Diet. xiv. p. 105 ; id. Enc. Meth. 



p. 791. 

 Lamprospiza melanoleuca, Sclater, Tan. Cat. Sp. p. 4 ; id. P. Z. S. 



1856, p. 78, et 1857, p. 79 (note) ; id. Syn. Av. Tan. p. 16 ; id. 



Cat. A. B. p. 94; Pelz. Orn. Bras. p. 218 (Para) ; Set. et Salv. 



Nome7icJ. p. 25; Salv. Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 199. 

 Divaricated Tanager, Lath. Gen. Hist. vi. p. 40. 

 Tanagra duplicata. Lath, in Mus. Derb. 

 Psaris habia, Less. Cent. Zool. p. 186, pi. 59. 

 Tit3ra habia, Gray, Gen. ii. p. 253. 

 Lamprospiza habia, Cab. in Wiegm. Arch. 1847, pt. i. p. 246 ; Bi). 



Consp. i, p. 492. 



Above shining black ; below white ; throat and breast, continued in 

 two broad lines which pass from the middle of the breast on each 

 side under the wing, shining black ; thighs black ; under wing-coverts 



