4:52 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. 



They are restless birds, seldom quite stationaiy for any length of 

 time, but jumping and jerking about from bran<3li to branch and 

 tree to tree. Their cry is loud and somewhat harsh. They are 

 frequently caught by boys, and though as a rule they thrive fairly 

 well in confinement, they are neither beautiful in plumage, nor 

 melodious in song." 



The following note is copied from Brown (Canoe and C\imp Life, 

 p. 41) : — " Tompitchors, insignificant looking but very lively 

 birds. They whistle loudly, producing 'sounds from which they 

 have derived their name." 



635. Saltator olivascens. 



GUEY-BREASTED SaLTATOR. 



Saltator olivascens Cab. in Schomb. Keis Guian. iii. p. G76, 1848 

 (Koraima) ; Salvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 213 ; Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xi. p. 289, 1886; Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 371, 

 no. 3807, 1912. 



Adult male. General colour of tlie upper surface dark ash-grey, 

 including the top of the head, sides of the face, entire back, 

 wings, and tail, inner webs of flight-quills and tail-feathers hair- 

 brown ; a supraloral streak and feathers round the eye wdiite ; 

 space in front of the eye, fore-part of cheeks, and sides of the 

 throat blackish : chin, throat, and middle of abdomen cream- 

 white ; breast, sides of neck, and sides of body dusUy-grey ; 

 lower flanks and under tail-coverts pale fawn-colour : thighs and 

 marginal under wing-coverts whitish ; axillaries and inner wing- 

 coverts buft'; under surface of flight-quills hair-brown with 

 whitish inner edges ; lower as[)ect of tail greyish brown. 



Total length 210 mm., exposed culnien 18. wing 103, tail I'O, 

 tarsus 25. 



Thfi specimen described was collected on Supenaam Kiver in 

 1910. 



The young bird differs from the adult in having the throat and 

 under parts saturated with yellow, and the upper surface tinged 

 with the same colour. In an earlier stage than the specimen 

 mentioned here, the feathers on the under surface have dark shaft- 

 lines which imparts a streaked appearance. 



Breeding-season. November {Schonibur</k). 



