88 A Catalogue of the Birds found in Costa Mica. 



Mr. John Cassin characterized several new Bpecies in the 

 Proc. of the Phil. Acad, of Sciences ; in 1865, p. 91, Chryso- 

 mUris ftryantii, and at page 169, in a paper entitled, " On 

 807m Conirostral Birds from Costa Rica in the collection of 

 tli, Smithsonian Institution" he enumerated twenty-two spe- 

 . tli ret 1 of which were new to science, viz., Arremon dor- 

 salis, Buarremon crassirostris, and Euphonia annece / in 1867, 

 p. 51, he described a new Icterus, I. Salcini. 



Within the past three years twenty-two species from Costa 

 Rica have been described as new by myself in the Annals of 

 1li< N. )'. /.;/'■' mil of N. II., and three species in the Proceed- 

 ings of the Phil. Academy. 



In the examination of specimens for the present catalogue, 

 I find several other species, which appear to be new to science, 

 ami they are accordingly so characterized. 



There are several portions of Costa Rica as yet unexplored, 

 from which many additional species may reasonably be ex- 

 pected, as every collection received adds to the fauna, not 

 only known species, but also others not before described. 



Many birds are recorded from the neighboring Provinces 

 of Ohiriqui and Veraguas, which have not yet been found in 

 1 ta Rica, but as they doubtless will be discovered, I have 

 thought best to give lists of them, and of the Northern species 

 which have been received from Panama, and which conse- 

 quently nausi pass through Costa Rica in their migrations. 



No representative of the family Cypsdida has been sent 

 from Costn Rica, bul Chcstwra zonaris should be found there, 

 as it ie a South Anieiieim bird and occurs in Guatemala. 



The present Catalogue embraces all the families of the land 

 birds; those of the water birds it is my intention to give here- 

 after in a separate paper. 



8pecieB noted from Chiricpii which may be found in Costa 

 Rica : 



