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56. Saltator maximus P. L. 8. Miill. 



Taiiagra 'maxima P, L. S. Miiller, Natm^syst. 8npp]. p. 159 

 (1776— ^,B Daubenton, PI. Eril. 205 : Cayenne)". 



Saltator magnus Sclater & Salvin, P. Z. 8. 1879, p. 505 (Reme- 

 dies, Medellin, Neclie) ; Berlepsch, Journ. f. Orn. 1884, p. 293 

 ( Bucaranianga). 



Nos. 2432, 2434. <S $ ad. Novita: 24.xii.08.— Wing 100, 

 98; tail 89,91 ; bill 18, 19 mm. 



Nos. 2195, 2021. S § ad. Noanama : 27.viii., 17.X.08.— Wing 

 98, 95; tail 92, 85; bill 19 mm. 



Nos. 2383, 2047. $ $ imm. Novita : 9.xii.09 ; Noanama : 

 2.ix.08. 



"Iris dark brown, feet dark grey, bill black, mandible blue- 

 grey." 



The majority of these skins have the back decidedly purer and 

 lighter green than our large series from Eastern South America 

 (Cayenne, Venezuela, Para, E. Ecuador, etc.), though one or two 

 are scarcely distinguishable on this score. 



57. PiTYLUS GROssus Linn. 



Loxla grossa Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. xii. 1, p. 307 (1766. — 

 "America": ex Brisson ; we substitute Cayenve ns type locdity). 



Pitylus grossus Cassin, Proc. Acad. Philad. 1860, p. 140 (Falls 

 of the River Truando) ; Sclater &l Salvin, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 505 

 (Remedies, Neche). 



Nos. 2114, 2157, 2158. S 6 ad. Sipi : 26.ix., 5.X.08.— Wing 

 93-97 ; tail 82-85 ; bill 18-19 mm. 



No. 2115. 2 . Sipi : 24.ix.08.— Wing 93 ; tail 83 ; bill 17i mm. 



" Iris dark brown, feet grey, bill bright scarlet." 



Not different from specimens obtained in Venezuela, Brazil, 

 and Eastern Ecuador. 



58. Cacicus uropygialis Lafi'. 



Cassicus uropygialis Lafresnaye, Rev. Zool. vi. p. 290 (1843. — 

 " Colombie," sc. Santa Fe de Bogota) ; Sclater &. Salvin, P. Z. S. 

 1879, p. 509 (Jerico). 



C. uropygialis '( Cassin, Proc. Acad. N. Sci. Philad. 1860, p. 139 

 (Falls of the R. Truando). 



Nos. 1995, 2009, 2088. 6 6 ad. Mouth of Calima, 17.viii. ; 

 Noanama: 2o.viii. ; near Sipi: 17.ix.08. — Wing 133-138; tail 

 96-98 ; bill 28-30 mm. 



Nos. 1996, 2092. $ $ ad. Mouth of Calima: 17.viii. ; Sipi: 

 19.ix.08.— Wing 122, 123 ; tail 90 ; bill 26, 28 mm. 



" Iris light (turquoise) blue, feet black, bill light yellow." 



The series agrees with Bogota skins and others fi-om N.W. 

 Ecuador. C. microrhynchus Scl. & Salv.*, from Central America, 



* Cassiculus microrltynclms Sclater & Salvin, P. Z. S. 1864, p. .333 (Lion 

 Hill, Pauama). 



