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sentatives of its iainily in Costa Eica, especially in the more elevated 

 portions of the country. Five specimens. 



No. 17. (Sex?) February 27. 



^^o. 18. S — . February 27. 



Xo. 28. (Sex ?) February 28. 



No. 29. $ ad. February 28. 



No. 50. S ad. March 4. 



10. Setophaga torqiiata (Baird). 



Abundant in thick forest, at a high elevation. 

 No. 6. February 23. 

 No. (?) March 1. 



11. Pyianga bidentata (Sw.). 



Only one specimen seen, and that shot from a hedge-row in the open 

 country. 



No. 23. $ juv. February 28. 



12. Buarremon brunneinucha (Lafr.). 



Common. Habits very like our Zonotrichia albicollis, at least so far 

 as a marked preference for brush heaps and tangled thickets of under- 

 growth is concerned. Iris brown. 



No. 44. March 3. 



No. 72. S ad. March 9. 



13. Buarremon chrysopogon (Bp.). 



Common. Habits like the preceding. Iris reddish brown. 

 No. 64. 9 ad. March 8. 

 No. 77. S ad. March 10. 



14. Pheucticus tibialis (Lawr.). 



Rather common. A shy and silent bird, found in thick growths of tall 

 reeds. 

 No. 51. 9 . March 0. 



15. Phonipara pusilla (S\v.). 



Not common. Found generally in open country. 

 No. 60. 9 . March 7. 



16. Passerina cyanea (L.). 



IJare in Costa Rica. Sr. Zeledon informs me that my specimen was 

 the tirst he had seen, although he had heard of its occurrence in the 

 region. 



No. 26. S . ad. April 28. 



17. Juuco vulcani (Bone). 



A special trip to the top of the volcano was made for the purpose of 

 securing- specimens of this rare bird, which has been reported from no 

 other locality. There is a belt of sandy soil studded with clumps of 



