878 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



and open woodland, and seems to subsist largely, if not entirely, upon 

 fruits and berries. 



706. Saltator atriceps atriceps Lesson. 



Tanagra (Saltator) atriceps Lesson, Cent. Zool., 1830, 208, pi. 69 (Mexico; 

 Paris Mus.). 



Saltator atriceps Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., IX, 1868, 102, part (Pacuare 

 [J. Carmiol]). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, I, 1884, 325, 

 part (Pacuare [Carmiol]). — Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XI, 1886, 283, 

 part (Costa Rica [Carmiol]). — Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. de C. R., I, 1887, 

 in, part (Naranjo). 



Saltator atriceps atriceps Ridgway, Birds of North and Mid. Amer., I, 1901, 661 

 (southern Mexico and south into Costa Rica). 



Carnegie Museum: El Hogar, Dec. 13, 1905 (Carriker). 



"A single specimen (26710) from El Hogar, while not quite typical, 

 must be referred to this form, agreeing with birds from British Honduras 

 in the presence of a broad pectoral band, although the auriculars are not 

 quite so black." (W. E. C. Todd.) 



S. atriceps is quite rare at so low an altitude as El Hogar, and of the 

 two specimens taken there, one is referable to each of the subspecies. 

 That the two forms overlap in Costa Rica there can thus be no doubt. 

 Their habits appear to be the same. 



707. Saltator atriceps lacertosus (Bangs). 



Saltator atriceps (not of Lesson) Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., IX, 1868, 102, 

 part (Pacuare [J. Carmiol]). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, 

 I, 1884, 325, part (Pacuare [J. Carmiol]). — Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 

 XI, 1886, 283, part (Costa Rica). — Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. de C. R., I, 1887, 

 in, part (Naranjo de Cartago). 



Saltator lacertosus Bangs, Proc. New Eng. Zool. Club, II, 190 1, 31 (Loma del 

 Leon, Panama). 



Saltator atriceps lacertosus Ridgway, Birds N. and Mid. Amer., I, 1901, 663 

 (Isthmus of Panama to Costa Rica: Talamanca). 



U. S. Nat. Museum: Jimenez (Alfaro and Carranza), Naranjo (Cooper) 

 (from Mus. Nac. de C. R.), Guayabo (Ridgway and Zeledon). 



Bangs Collection: Jimenez (Underwood). 



Carnegie Museum: Juan Vinas, El Hogar (Carriker). 



"The El Hogar specimen is perfectly typical of this, the southern form. 



In a bird from Juan Vinas (281 51) the pectoral collar is strongly indicated, 



but the auriculars are clear gray." (W. E. C. Todd.) 



This is the common Costa Rican form of 5. atriceps, ranging over the 



higher portion of the "tierra caliente" of the Caribbean and upwards. 



