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vi, 1883, 382 (Sucuyd, Nicaragua). — Fekrari-Perez, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. ix 

 18186, 141 (Jalapa) . — Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, i, 1887, 111 (Alajuela 

 Cartago, Naranjo, and San Jos6, Costa Rica). — Ridgway, Proc. IJ. S. Nat. 

 Mus., X, 1887, 586 (Segovia R., Honduras). — Chehrie, Auk, ix, 1892, 27 (San 

 Jos6, etc., Costa Rica, 3,000-7,000 ft.; descr. sorig, nest, eggs, and young).— 

 Richmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xvi, 1893, 491 (Rio Escondido, etc., Nica- 

 ragua; food); xviii, 1896, 631 (Alta Mira, Tamaulipas).— Chapman, Bull. 

 Am. Mus. N. H., x, 1898, 28 (Jalapa). 



[Saltator] grandis Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 74, no. 7076.— Sclater and Salvin 

 Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 26. 



Saltalor rufiventrig (not of D'Orbigny) Vigors, Zool. Voy. "Blossom," 1839, 19 (no 

 locality indicated). — Baird, in Stansbury's Rep. Gt. Salt Lake, 1852, 330 

 (w. N. Am.). 



S. [cdtaior] vigorsii Gray, Gen. Birds, ii, 1844, 363 (substitute name for S. rufivmtm 

 "Vigors, preoccupied). — Bonapakte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 489; Notes Orn. 

 Coll. Delattre, 1854, 23.— Cabanis, Mus. Hein., i, 1851, 143 (Mexico). 



Soli, [ator] iderophrijs Lafresnaye, Rev. Zool., Tjiii Feb., 1844, 41 (Mexico; = 

 young). 



S. [altator] icterophrys Gray, Gen. Birds, App. 1849, 16. — Bonaparte, Congp. Av. 

 i, 1850, 490 (Villa Maria). 



(?) Saltaior ideropyga Du Bus, Esquis. Orn., 1845-49, pi. 13 (Mexico; =Saltator 

 grandis with tail of Ptiliogonys cinereus'!; see Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.- 

 Am., Aves, i, 1883, p. 329).— Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1856, 70 

 (monogr. ). 



S. \_aUalor1 ideropyga Gray, Gen. Birds, App. 1849, 16. 



SALTATOR PLUMBICEPS Lawrence. 



GRAYSON'S SALIATOR, * 



Similar to S. grandis, but vevy much paler. 



Adults {sexes alike). — Above plain light brownish gray, slightly 

 tinged wither inclining to light hair brown, especially on tail; a rather 

 narrow superciliary stripe of white, extending for some distance 

 behind eye; sides of head and neck similar in color to upper parts; 

 chin and throat white or pale buffy, the latter margined along each 

 side by a broad but short submalar streak or patch of dull blackish; 

 chest, breast, and anterior portion of sides pale brownish gray, some- 

 times strongly suffused with pale buffy, becoming much paler (some- 

 times dull white) on middle of abdomen, and passing into grayish buff 

 on flanks, the under tail-coverts clear bufl'; maxilla dusky, mandible 

 paler (horn color in dried skins) ; legs and feet dusky horn color (in 

 dried skins). 



Immature. — Similar to adults, but upper parts more or less strongly 

 tinged or washed with yellowish olive-green, the superciliary stripe 

 and under parts with yellow. 



Young. — Similar to immature birds but more diecidedly olive-gBeen 

 above and yellow beneath; superciliary stripe lemon yellow; throat 

 pale yellow, with dusky lateral patches indistinct. 



Adwlt wMle.— Length (skins), 205.Y4-228.60 (214.88); wing, 99.82- 

 104.39 (102.36); tail, 91.95-99.31 (96.01); exposed culmen, 19.56-20.83 



