876 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



is found at a lower altitude, the lowest being a single specimen from Car- 

 rillo, while Tierra Blanca seems to be the highest point from which we 

 have a record. Sclater records a specimen from Tempate (Gulf of Ni- 

 coya), which seems rather doubtful. I have never seen it in that region, 

 neither are there other records. 



It is not an abundant bird in any locality I visited. It is quiet, but 

 not shy, much less gregarious than the other species of the genus, and is 

 usually found in thick second-growth or among bushes and thickets in 

 open pastures. 



704. Saltator intermedius Lawrence. 



Saltator intermedius Lawrence, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1864, 106. 



Saltator magnoides Cherrie, Expl. Zool. en Costa Rica, 1 891-2, 1893, 26 (La- 

 garto, Boruca, and Buenos Aires). 



Saltator magnoides intermedius Ridgway, Birds N. and Mid. Amer., I, 1901, 

 665 (Isthmus of Panama and Chiriqui). — Bangs, Auk, XXIV, 1907, 311 

 (Boruca, El Pozo, Barranca de Terraba, Barranca de Puntarenas [Under- 

 wood]). 



U. S. Nat. Museum: Pozo Azul de Pirris (Underwood). 



Bangs Collection: El General and Buenos Aires de Terraba (Underwood). 



Carnegie Museum: Pozo Azul de Pirris, El Pozo de Terraba, Boruca, 



Buenos Aires (Carriker). Thirteen skins. 



"This form is apparently specifically distinct from Saltator magnoides 

 medianus; at any rate there are certainly no intermediates in the series 

 examined. Moreover, the latter is found at Esparta, while Mr. Bangs 

 records a specimen of the present form from Barranca de Puntarenas, 

 so that their respective ranges approach very closely, if they do not actu- 

 ally overlap. S. intermedius is a very different looking bird, and its haunts 

 and habits are said to be different also. As stated by Mr. Bangs, all 

 specimens show complete pectoral bands. Although actual measurements 

 fail to show adequately the difference in size, there is a very pronounced 

 difference, perfectly obvious when a series is compared, the present form 

 being much the smaller. It is perhaps best shown by a comparison of 

 the total lengths (taken in the flesh) of the two forms, intermedins aver- 

 aging about ten millimeters less. (Cf. Salvin, P. Z. S., 1867, 140.) 



"Several specimens are immature, with light colored mandibles and 

 indication of spots below the pectoral band — the remains of the juvenal 

 plumage." (W. E. C. Todd.) 



Common throughout the Terraba Valley and as far up the coast as Pozo 

 Azul de Pirris, where, however, it is quite rare. In this region it seems to 



