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Mr. Gould's types are the only specimens I have seen of this 

 peculiar bird. They were coUected by Mr. Hawxwell in August 

 1852 upon the Ucayali, and are marked " Irides red." I rather 

 doubt this being the true place of this species, but at present I am 

 unable to indicate a better one. 



Genus IV. Saltator. 



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



Rostrum forte, elongatiim, incurvum, vix sinuatum sed apice den- 

 tata: alce rotundat(E,remigibus tertia, ąuarta et quintafere aqua- 

 lihus et longissimis : cauda admodum longa et plerumque rotun- 

 data: pi Uosis oUvacea, schistacea.fulva, brunnea : sex^us similes. 



1 . Saltator atriceps. 



Saltator atriceps. Less. Cent. Zool. pi. 69 ; Gray, Gen. p. 363 ; 

 Bp. Consp. p. 489 ; Cab. M. H. p. 142. 



Arremon giganteus, Bp. P. L. Z. 1837, p. 1 1 7 ; Gray, Gen. p. 361 . 



Pyrrhula raptor, Cabot, Boston Jouru. v. p. 90. 



Saltator raptor, Gra/s Gen. App. p. 16 ; Bp. Notės s, 1. coli. 

 Delattre, p. 23. 



Flavo-olivaceus : capite toto cum mento et vitta cervicem anticam 

 cingente nigris : superciliis a fronte curtis et plaga gulari media 

 albis : abdomine cinereo, crisso ochraceo-rufo. 



Long. totą 9'o, alse 4-7, caudae 4-7. 



Hab. South Mexico, Papantla (Deppe) ; vic. of Cordova (Salle) ; 

 Guatimala (Bp.) ; Escuintla {Mus. Brit.) ; Yucatau (Cabot). 



Mus. Brit., Parisiensi, &c. 



This is the largest and finest species of the genus. Prince Bona- 

 parte (Notės Orn. s. 1. coli. Delattre, p. 23) seems to consider Dr. 

 Cabot's Pyrrhula raptor distinct, but Mr. Cassin, in his commu- 

 nication on Dr. Cabot's birds given in ' Jardine's Coutributions,' 

 1852, p. 96, States it to be identical with the present bird, and the 

 description given by Prince Bonaparte is applicable in every respect 

 to this species. 



2. Saltator magnoides. 



Saltator magnoides, Lafr. R. Z. 1844, p. 41 ; Gray, Gen. App. 

 p. 10; Bp. Consp. p. 489. 



Saltator gigantodes, Cab. M. H. p. 143. 



Supra olivaceus ; capite cinereo, pileo viridi mixto : sultus schis- 

 taceus, mento albo, gutture et crisso ferrugineis : vitta lata gut- 

 turem undique cingente nigra. 



Long. totą 7"5, alae 4'0, caudse 3*6. 



Hab. Mexico {Lafr.) ; \\c. of Cordova {Sallė) ; Coban {Mus. 

 Brit.) ; Chiricįui {Bridges). 



Mus. Brit. et Heineano. 



The S. magnoides is very hke the preceding species but inuch 

 smaller in size, and with but slight supercilia. Besides, the chin is 



