S6 A Catalogue, oftht Birds found in Costa Rica. 



III. — _ 1 Catalogue of tJa Birds found in Costa Rica. 



By Geo. X. Lawrence. 



Read Feb. 17th, 1868. 



Tin: tine collections of birds received by the Smithsonian In- 

 stitution from Costa Rica, and which by the courtesy of Prof. 

 Henry have been placed in *my hands for examination, form 

 the basis of this Catalogue. 



These collections include most of the species heretofore re- 

 corded as from that State, and likewise many of the interesting 

 novelties recently obtained there and described in European 

 and American scientific journals. 



Species not in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, 

 which I have found noted as inhabiting Costa Rica, are also 

 included, and the source given whence the information was 

 derived. 



It is within the last few years only that special attention has 

 been directed to the avi-fauna of the Southern portion of Cen- 

 tral America. Occasional small collections secured by travel- 

 lers engaged in various pursuits, gave an intimation of the val- 

 uable discoveries likely to result from a systematic exploration 

 of any portion of that region. I allude particularly to the in- 

 teresting collection brought from Chiriqni, in 1850, by the 

 botanist Warszewicz, and described by Mr. Gould in the Proc. 

 Ziool. 8oc. of London, and to other specimens broughl subse- 

 quently tV the same Province and from Veraguas. 



The first collections of any importance from Costa Rica were 

 those forwarded to the Berlin Museum by Dr. von Frantzius, 

 Dr. Hoffmann and Dr. EUendorf, being the results of their own 

 explorations. I >r. .!. ( labanis, in the Journal fur OmithologU . 

 under the title, " Review oj tin Birds from Costa Ricafound 

 ■in tin Berlin Museum" (commencing at page 321, Vol. viii, 

 in b aeries of papers enumerating the species Bent by 



