CENTRAL AMERICAN GOLDFINCH 



but conspicuously larger, the black extends to 

 cover head and is sharply defined at the hind- 

 neck; gray line beginning over bill, extending 

 and becoming white over the eye; throat patch 

 white ; under tail coverts orange tawny. Bill black. 



Female. Length, 231 mm. (9.20 in.); tail, 

 109 mm. (4.30 in.). Like male in plumage. 



Young. Similar to adults. 



A larger saltator much less common than the 

 related species, Saltator intermedius, usually 

 found in the brush. I saw a male and female 

 with their young just out of the nest, in bushes 

 near the Gamboa road; both were calling with 

 sharp metallic, smacking notes. 



13. Astragalinus psaltria columbianus 



(Lafresnaye) 

 Central American Goldfinch 



Astragalinus psaltria croceus RIDGWAY, Birds of N. and 

 M. Amer., I, p. 118, 1901 ; STONE, Proc. Phila. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci., 1918, p. 276. 



Male. Length, 100 mm. (4.95 in.); tail, 38 

 mm. (50 in.). Top of head and upper tail coverts 

 black ; wings black and white ; rest of upper parts 

 olive green; underneath rich lemon yellow. 



Female. About the same size as and resem- 

 bling male. No black on top of head but some- 

 times dusky streaks; wings dusky and white; 

 below light olive yellow. 



"In the valley of the Rio Algarrobo, July 4, 

 1915. In the jungle." (Hallinan.) 

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