98 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 134 
Family FrincILtyipaE: Finches, Grosbeaks, and Buntings 
SALTATOR ALBICOLLIS Vieillot: Streaked Saltator, Lechosero Pechirrayado 
Saltator albicollis Vie1tLot, Nouveau dictionnaire d’histoire naturelle, nouv. éd., 
vol. 14, Sept. 13, 1817, p. 107. (Martinique. ) 
Streaked saltators were found in undergrowth throughout the high 
forest, where they lived in such subdued light that often it was diffi- 
cult to see them. Sometimes they were in pairs, but at this season 
they were not breeding, so the males were not in song. They re- 
mained under cover, moving about quietly even when feeding, but 
could be called into sight readily. While not abundant, they were 
widely distributed, so the total number of individuals found on the 
island is considerable. The Coiba birds are so heavily pigmented in 
comparison with those of the mainland that they require separation 
as a distinct form. 
SALTATOR ALBICOLLIS SCOTINUS subsp. nov. 
Characters.—Darkest of the subspecies of Saltator albicollis; simi- 
lar to Saltator albicollis isthmicus Sclater ®° but darker, grayer green 
above; sides of head and streaks on lower surface definitely darker ; 
sides of breast darker; edge of wing brighter yellow; under tail 
coverts slightly deeper buff. 
Description—Type, U.S.N.M. No. 461415, male, from Isla Coiba, 
Panama, collected Jan. 26, 1956, by A. Wetmore (orig. No. 20457) : 
Crown and hindneck dark greenish olive; back and scapulars yel- 
lowish olive ; rump deep olive; upper tail coverts deep mouse gray; 
wing coverts yellowish olive; primaries, secondaries, and alula 
Chaetura drab, with outer webs of innermost secondaries yellowish 
olive, and of outermost secondaries and primaries yellowish citrine; 
outer web of alula dark greenish olive; rectrices Chaetura drab, with 
the exposed webs dull storm gray; edge of upper eyelid and a nar- 
row line on edge of lower eyelid at its center Marguerite yellow, with 
traces of this color extending to the base of the nostril, forming an 
indistinct light line; loral area, extending to below center of eye, 
deep mouse gray; an indefinite whitish malar streak; rest of side of 
head dark greenish olive; center of throat and foreneck white, bor- 
dered by a broad line of dark greenish olive that broadens behind to 
merge with the same color on the side of neck and the chest ; breast 
Marguerite yellow, becoming white on the abdomen; chest streaked 
29 Saltator isthmicus P. L. Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, August 1861, 
p. 130. (Isthmus of Panama.) 
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