BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



883 



PROCNIAS TRICARUNCULATA ( J. and E. Verreaux). 

 COSTA RICAN BELL-BIRD. 



Adult male. — Head, neck, and chest uniform pure white; rest oi" 

 plumage phiin deep cinnamon-rufous or chestnut-rufous; ''bill black, 

 with bluish white tomia; iris dark hazel; wattles black; feet leaden;"" 

 length (skins), 275-320 (292); wing, 164-178 (169.7); tail, 101-113 

 (107.9); bill from nostril, 16.5-23 (18.4); tarsus, 27-30.5 (29.1); 

 middle toe, 23-26.5 (24.7).^' 



Adult female. — Above plain dull olive-green or greenish olive, the 

 feathers margined with brighter, more yellowish, olive-green, the 

 feathers of forehead and sides of head with pale yellow shaft-streaks; 

 under parts deep sulphur or canary yellow, striped with olive-green, 

 most broadly on chest and sides, the abdomen (mostly) and under 

 tail-coverts immaculate yellow; bill dusky; iris brown; legs and feet 

 blackish or "dusky, tinged with olive;"" length (skins), 248-269 

 (259); wing, 145-165.5 (150.4); tail, 96-106.5^(99.9); bill from nos- 

 tril, 16-18 (16.8); tarsus, 26-29 (27.1); middle toe, 22-25.5 (23.4) .<^ 



Young male. — Similar in coloration to the adult female. (The 

 throat and chin first become white, but simultaneously or nearly so 

 there are scattered feathers indicating the adult plumage on other 

 parts.) 



" Highlands of Nicaragua (Matagalpa), Costa Rica (Tucurriqui; 

 Dota; Cervantes; Turrialba; Bonilla; Barranca; Ranclio Redondo; 

 San Cristobal; Guapiles; Volcan de Irazii) and Panama (Boca del 

 Toro; 20 miles from City of Panama; Calovevora; Santiago de Vera- 

 gua; Cordillera del Tole; Volcan de Chiriqui ; Boquete, 4,000 to 6,000 

 ft.). 



Casmorhyndms tricar unculaius Vkrreaux (J. and E.), Rev. et Mag. do Zool., 

 May, 1853, 193 (Boca dfl Toro, n. side IsthnuLs Panama). 



Chasmorhynchus Iricariinculatus Cabanis, Journ. fiir Orn., 1861, 253 (Costa Rica; 

 crit.).— ScLATER, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 258 (Costa Rica); Cat. Birds Brit. 



a M. A. (,'arriker, manuscript. 

 & Fifteen specimens, 

 c Six specimens. 



