HA\(;s AND riAAijn: somk ( hitkal notes on HIRDS. 33 



Characters. — Similar to N. .v. sfriatiitictiis l)Ut .sli;i:litly smaller, the 

 under jiartsmon* jjrcniish or ycllowisli, less purely white and the stripes 

 rather heavier and more olive greenish, less grayish. 



Sp»cimcns cramined. — Twenty-one from Panama; near Panama 

 City and Loma del Leon. 



3. SaLTATOR STHIATII'lCTUS SPERATU.S, suhsp. no\-. 



Type— M. C. Z. 40,501. Adult cf. Sahago Island, Pearl Islands, 

 Bay of Panama. 6 April, 1904. W. W. Brown, Jr. 



Characters. — This form is about the size of S. s. isthmicus and 

 slightly smaller than <S. s. striatipictus; in color anfl markings it is 

 intermediate, i.e., it is slightly more yellowish or greenish helow than 

 striatipictus and less heavily striped on the under parts than isthniicus. 



If this were not an island form we would be inclined not to give it 

 a name, but to call it a connecting link between the two races. 



Measurements. — Type, adult cf ; wing, 93; tail, 88; tarsus, 23; 

 exposed culmen, 18. 



Specimens examined.— Forty from Pearl Islands; Sabago Island, 

 and San Miguel Island. 



4. Saltator striatipictus striatipictus Lafresnaye. 



Saltafor striatipictus hah., Rev. zool., 1847, p. 73. 



Type-locality. — Caly, Colombia. 



Characters. — Size slightly larger than in the preceding forms; 

 under parts nearly white, very little tinged N\-ith greenish or yellowish; 

 stripes on under parts fewer, narrower, and more grayish, less greenish 

 in color. 



Specimens cramined. — Fourteen, from Colombia; Caly (one co- 

 tj'pe), "New Grenada," Jimenez, San Luis Bitaco Valley, La Maria 

 Dagua Valley, Santa ^Nlarta, and Trinidad. (The Trinidad bird 

 may represent still another form.) 



5. Saltator striatipictus peruvianus Cory. 



Saltator peruvianvs Cory, Publ. 190 Field mus. nat. hist, ornith. 

 ser., 1916, 1, p. 345. 



Type-locality. — Hda. Limon, 10 miles west of Balsas, northern Peru. 

 Characters. — ]Much larger than S. s. striatipictus (wing in cf 100- 



