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"These specimens are decidedly more greenish than examples of S. 

 striatipectus from Colombia. As shown by Hellmayr (Nov. Zool., XIII, 

 1906, 315) Saltator albicollis of Vieillot is equivalent to Saltator guadelu- 

 pensis of Lafresnaye, and hence Saltator striatipectus, also of the latter 

 author, becomes the proper specific designation for this bird." (W. E. C. 

 Todd.) 



This species is found in the Terraba Valley from Boruca to El General, 

 but is not abundant anywhere in its Costa Rican range. It occurs almost 

 exclusively in the second-growth thickets grown up in the old Indian 

 clearings commonly met with in this region. It is very quiet, but not 

 excessively shy, is seen only singly or in pairs, and, like the other 

 members of the genus, subsists almost entirely upon fruits and berries. 



703. Saltator grandis (Lichtenstein). 



Tanagra grandis Lichtenstein, Preis-Verz. Mex. Vog., 1831, 2 (Mexico; see 

 Jour, fur Orn., 1863, 57). 



Saltator grandis Cabanis, Jour, fur Orn., i860, 416 (Costa Rica [Frantzius and 

 Hoffmann]); 1861, 1 (do). — Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N.[Y., IX, 1868, 102 (San 

 Jose [Frantzius], Cartago [Cooper]). — Frantzius, Jour, fur Orn., 1869, 300 

 (C. R.). — Boucard. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1878, 56 (San Jose). — Salvin 

 and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, I, 1884, 328 (San Jose [Frantzius], 

 Cartago [Cooper, Arce, and Rogers], Tempate [Arce]). — Sclater, Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus., XI, 1886, 288 (Irazu [Rogers], San Jose [Carmiol], Tempate, and 

 Volcan de Cartago [Arce]). — Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. de C. R., I, 1887, in 

 (Alajuela, Cartago, Naranjo, and San Jose). — Cherrie, Auk, IX, 1892, 27 

 (abundant about San Jose, but not found at lower altitudes; descr. of nest 

 and eggs.). — Ridgway, Birds of North and Mid. Amer., I, 1901, 666 (south- 

 eastern Mexico, southward to Costa Rica [San Jose, Cartago, Tempate, 

 Alajuela, Naranjo]). 



U. S. Nat. Museum: Alajuela (Alfaro), San Jose (Cherrie). 



Am. Mus. Nat. History: San Jose (Underwood). 



Bangs Collection: San Jose, Carrillo, and Coralillo (Underwood). 



C. H. Lankester Collection: San Jose. 



Carnegie Museum: Tierra Blanca, Juan Vifias, San Jose (Carriker). Five 



skins. 



"An immature bird (25430) from San Jose, Oct. 20, in the plumage 

 described as S. icterophrys, is decidedly streaked below. Another im- 

 mature example (28228) taken at Juan Vifias on May 10, is more worn, 

 so that the streaking is scarcely perceptible." (W. E. C. Todd.) 



The range of this bird extends over the central plateau and down the 

 eastern slope to approximately 2,500 feet, although an occasional straggler 



