. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. 450 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. Genus SALTATOE Vieill. Saltator Vieillot, Analyse nouv. Ornith. p. 32, 1816. Type S. cwru- lescens Fig. 170.—Saltator cayanus. To Ibis genus belong some o£ tbe largest of tbe Fincbes. Tbe bill is somewhat compressed, tbe eulmen is keeled, the upper mandible is slightly booked at tbe tip, and tbe depth and width at the base are about equal. Tbe wing is rounded, tbe third, fourth, and fifth primaries longest and equal, tbe second about equal to tbe sixth, and tbe f
. The birds of British Guiana, based on the collection of Frederick Vavasour McConnell. Birds. 450 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIANA. Genus SALTATOE Vieill. Saltator Vieillot, Analyse nouv. Ornith. p. 32, 1816. Type S. cwru- lescens Fig. 170.—Saltator cayanus. To Ibis genus belong some o£ tbe largest of tbe Fincbes. Tbe bill is somewhat compressed, tbe eulmen is keeled, the upper mandible is slightly booked at tbe tip, and tbe depth and width at the base are about equal. Tbe wing is rounded, tbe third, fourth, and fifth primaries longest and equal, tbe second about equal to tbe sixth, and tbe first intermediate between the sixth and seventh. The tail is rounded at tbe tip and nearly nine-tenths the length of the wing. The tarsus exceeds tbe length of exposed eulmen by about one-fourth. Coloration : male and female similar. Key to the Species. A. Upper surface yellowish green ; lower aspect of tail yellow S. cayanus, p. 450. B. Upper surface grey; lower aspect of tail also grey S. oUvascens, Tp. 452. 634. Saltator cayanus. Greater Saltator. ie Oriverd de Cayenne Daubent. PI. Enl. v. pi. 616. Goracias cayanus Bodd. Tabl. PL Enl. p. 38, 1783 (Cayenne). ' Saltator magnus Cab. in Schomb. Keis. Guian. iii. p. 676,1848 ; Satvin, Ibis, 1885, p. 213 (Bartica Grove, Koraima, 3500 ft.) ; Sclater, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xi. p. 285, 1886 (Koraima, Bartica Grove); Quelch, Timehri (2) v. p. 81, 1891 (Georgetown). Saltator maximus (nee Miill.) Brabourne & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. 371, no. 3803, 1912. Saltator cayanus Mathews & Iredale, Austral. Av. Record, iii. p. 41,1915. Saltator maximus maximus (nee Miill.) Beebe, Tropical Wild Life in British Guiana, p. 136, 1917 (Bartica). " Tompitcher " {Brown), " Tom-pitcher " [Quelch). Adult female. Back, wings, and tail olive-green ; bastard-wing. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrat
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