PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 499 

 II. — Sjiecies collected in the vicinity of San Jos^. 



1. Merula grayi (Bp.). 

 Abundant- 

 No. 87. 9 ad. March 14, 1882. 

 No. 93. $ ad. March 15. 



2. Thryophilus modestus (Cab.). 



Common. A fine songster, 1 once heard a pair of these wrens sing- 

 ing together in a remarkable manner. The male wonkl utter two or 

 three notes, and the female would take up the strain and finish it in 

 perfect time. This I heard repeated on several occasions. 



No. 111. 9 ad. March 19. 



3. Dendroeca aestiva (Gm.). 

 Common. 



No. 92. 9 ad. March 15. 



4. Basileuterus mesochrysus Scl. 

 Common in open country. 

 No. 90. 9 ad. March 14. 

 No. lie. (f !) March 20. 



5 Hiruiido erythrogastra Bocld. 

 Abundant. 

 No. 98. March 15. 



6. Tanagra caiia diaconus (Less.). 



A very abundant and familiar bird. Often seen in the trees which 

 surrround the plaza in San Jose, 'where it seems to make itself as much 

 at home as the English Sparrow does in our public parks. 



No. 88. March 14. 



No. 89. March 14. 



No. 112. $ ad. March 19. 



No. 119. $ ad. March 20. 



7. Ramphocelus passerinii R^i. 

 Apparently not ^ery common. 

 No. 120. (sex '?). March 20. 



8. Phoiiipara pusilla Sw. 



Kare in this vicinity. Only one seen and that was shot in a thicket 

 bordering a stream. 

 No. 99. S ad. March 15. 



9. iPyrgisoma cabanisi Scl. «fc Salv. 



Common a little lower down than San Jos6. 

 No. 130. S ad. March 25. 



