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*87 Piranga erythromelas (Vieill). 



Two males, Saboga Island, April 9. Both these are in the scarlet plninage 

 witli black wings; one specimen has a wholly yellow bill. 



88. Ramphocelus dimidiatus limatus (Bangs). 

 Rhann'hocelus limatus Bangs, Auk, vol. 18, pp. 31, 32, January, 1901. 



Forty-five adults of both sexes, San Miguel, Saboga, and Pacheca Islands, 

 February, March, and April. 



In Birds of North and Middle America, Ridgway treats this strongh' 

 marked island race as a subspecies. Perhaps this is the better course, but it is 

 nevertheless a very distinct form. 



FRINGILLIDAE. 



89. Volatinia jacarini splendens (Vieill.). 

 Thirty specimens, adults of both sexes, and young males, San Miguel Island, 

 February and jMarch. Some examples, like the first two recorded from the 

 i.^lands, have larger bills than any in a considerable series of mainland speci- 

 mens, but as a rule tlie bill is not larger than in the continental form. 



90. Sporophila gutturalis (Light.).. 

 Two adult males, Saboga Island, April. 



*91. Cyanospiza cyanea (Linne). 



One female, Saboga Island, April 6. 



92. Oryzoborus funereus Sclater. 

 Ten adults, both sexes, San Miguel and Saboga Islands, March and April. 



*93. Zaraelodia ludoviciana (Linne). 

 One female, San Miguel Island, February 28. 



94- Saltator albicollis isthmicus (Scl). 



Thirty-six adults, both sexes, San Miguel and Saboga Islands, February, 

 March, and April. 



In Birds of North and Middle America Ridgway comments on the rather 

 graj'er colors of the original series from San Miguel Island taken in A\m\ 

 and May. The present series includes many specimens in perfectly fresh 

 unworn plumagL-. These are hardly distinguishable from mainland examples, 



