I have Prince Bonaparte’s type of S. plumbeus in my possession,
and consider it clearly the same as Dr. Cabanis’ species. .
■ 7. Sai/tator granbis.
Tanagra grandis, Licht. Preis-Verz.no. 67 '(L831).
Saltator rufiventris, Vig. Beechey’s' Voy. Pac. p. 19
Saltator vigor si, Gray, Gen. p. 363?; Bp. Consp. p. 489; Cab.
Mus. Hein. p. 143; Bp. Notes Orn. p. 23.
.Saltator icterophrys, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1844, p. 40; Gray’s Gen.
App. p.:16; Bp. Consp. p. 490 (juv.'?)'??"
Saltator grandis, Licht. in Mus. Berol.
Saltator nigrigenis, Sclater, MS.
Supra nigrescenti-cinereus, lateribus capitis n ig r is su p e r c iliis -
albis: gutturis stria mediali alba, utrinque late nigro marginata :
abdomine cinereo fulvo tincto : Centre imo et^crissb rufescentibus.
Junior (^. f'CTEROPHRYS, Lafr.?);’ Supra oliva'ced, indutus,
- superciliis et camptefio flavidis Jtibktre rufescentiorb. 1
( Long, tota 7*75; else 4-0, .caudse 4*0;
Hab. South Mexico, Jalapa {Mus.- Berol.'}; Orizaba (Botetifyf
vie-, of.Cordova {Salle); Guatimala (Constcincia).
I have already stated the characters which distinguish, this 'Spefcies
from the preceding, which is its representativerin*'fhe more northern
portions of the South American continent, while S . azarce seeing to
take its place in Bolivia.
I am glad to be able to adopt Lichtenstein’s name for the present
bird, because I can Only very doubtfully refer the other, synonyms' to
this speeies, and in this state of uncertainty have occasionally-applied
to it the MS. name nigrigenis. But Since I have^s'deir'the typ.es of
S . grandis at Berlin, and have ascertained that they are really the
same as my nigrigenis, I have adopted Lichtenstein*s. name, which
was published, although with rather insufficient specific characters,
in 1831. i
8.. Salvator Mtmjs. -- , '■
Tanagra superciliaris., Sphc, Av. Bras. ii._.44, pi. 57?
Saltator, super ciliaris, Cab^ Mus. Hein. p. 142, eerie.
■ • Sdltator ccerulescens, Tsch. F. P p-. 209 } (teste Cab.),« 1
I . Tanagra muta, Licht. in Mus. Berol. ■
Supra l nigricanti-cinereus unicolor; subtus \albescenti-cinereus i
superciliis ante oculos curtis et gutture medio- albis,-'hoc nigro
marginato} ventre medio albescentiore, crisso patlide rufescente:
fostrb nigro.
Long, tota 8*5, alse 4#3, caudse 4*0.
Hab. North-Brazil, Lower Amazon,- island of Mexiana (Wallace),
Mus. Berol.
The description and figure given by Spix of his S. superciliaris. are
as applicable to this species as any other; but without examining the
type (which I vainly sought for the last time I was at Munich), it is
impossible to be sure of being right in using his name for the present
bird, and I have therefore adopted for it Lichtenstein’s term mutus,
by which it is known in the Berlin museum. In fact, the names
superciliaris and ccerulescens have been applied to so many of this
group'pf species, and the original descriptions upon which these
terms rest are so. indefinite, that it only produces further confusion
to continue to employ them.
The Saltatorrmutus is rare in collections. Besides the example at
Berlin I have only seen the specimens collected by Mr. Wallace in
the neighbourhood of Para, from one of which my characters are
taken. It ilWsfipguishCd from all its allies by the uniform blackish-
gray colouring of Me jjlumage, the same below as above, only much
lighter and more White, without any tinge of green, brown or rufous,
except up the crissum. . The supercilia only extend to the top of
the:;, eye. The bill is ‘deep black and more elongated than in its
congeners.
9. Saltator azarce.
,V ‘'Saltator atar<cy d’Orb. Voy. p. 287: Bp. Consp. p. 490.
Supra nigricanti-cinereus, dorso virescente tincto : alis nigricantibus
^ Snereo-. Jimbatis: superciliis curtis et gutture medio albis, hoc
> august e nigro marginato: abdomine summo albescente, cinereo et
och/mceo tincto, imo autem \cmuamomescenti-ochraceOi
Long. alae 4® Caud8e
Hab. Bolivia, pr’ov. Moxos and S. Cruz de la Sierra (d’Orb.).
Mus. Brit.v Paris.
The.clcfsesl allies of this bird are certainly S . grandis and o/j-
vascens, particularly the latter; but it is larger than either of them.
FromjfSl olivascens it maysbpi also known by its cinereous back,
having rather a greenish than a brownish tinge, and a deeper cin-
namomeous colouring extending from the vent up to the. middle of
the belly, which in the S. olivascens is nearly white. From
S . grandis it differs in its shorter bill and narrow throat-stripes, besides
its-- superior size.
10. ^ altator c^ rulesceisSs. >
Habia ceja bldnca, Azara, Pax. i. p. 344.
Saltator ccerulescens; Vieill. Nouv. Diet. xiv. 105, et Enc. Meth.
-p;„ 79 Hartl. Ind. Az. p. 6 ; d’Orb. Yoy. p. 287.
“ Saltator superciliaris, Spix,” d’Orb. ib.
Fusco-brunneuS, virescente paululum tinctus, alis extus olivaceo
marginatis : subtus cinerascenti-albus: gutture medio albo, utrinque
nigro marginato: ventre et crisso rufescente indutis, crisso
saturaiiore : superciliis a fronte ad nucham albis.
Hab. Paraguay (Azara) ; Corrientes in rep. Arg. (d’Orb.).
Mus. Parisiensi. ;
I have only seen one, specimen of this species, which is in the
Paris Museum, and was brought by d’Orbigny from Corrientes.. It
is certainly very closely allied to the Bolivian f azarce.’ But the bill
is shorter and thicker, and there is a greenish colouring on the back