BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 39 



Lye. N. Y., ix, 1868, 98 (Dota, Turrialba, Barranca, and San Jose, Costa 

 Rica). — Frantzius, Journ. fiirOrn., 1869, 298 (Candelaria Mts., etc., Costa 

 Rica). — ScLATER and Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1879, 498 (Antioquia, 

 Colombia). — Boucard, Proc. ZooL Soc. Lond., 1878, 54 (Naranjo and Orosi, 

 Costa Rica). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 188.3, 269 

 (Vivalva, Calobre, etc., Yeragua; etc.). — Zeledon, Anal. Mus. Nac. Costa 

 Rica, i, 1887, 109 (Cartago, Naranjo de Cartago, and Santa Maria de Dota). — 

 Cherrie, Anal. Inst. Fis.-Geogr. Nac. Costa Rica, vi, 1893, 13 (San Marco). 



[Callisle] icierocephala Sclater and Salvin, Nom. A v. Neotr., 1873, 19. 



Chrysothraupis icterocephala Bonaparte, Rev. et Mag. de Zool., iii, March, 1851, 

 129 (Bois de Bagnos, Tonguaragua, Ecuador), 445; Note sur les Tang., 

 1851, 17. 



CaUispiza icterocephala Salvadori, Atti Roy. Ac. Sci. Torino, iv, 1868, 175 

 (Costa Rica). 



CaUispiza {Chrysothraupis) franlzii Caba-nis, Journ. fiirOrn., ix, March, 1861, (S7 

 (Costa Rica; coll. Berlin Mus.). 



Calliste frantzii Sclater, Ibis, 1863, 451 (Costa Rica); 1868, 72, in text (Costa 

 Rica; crit. ). 



CALOSPIZA FLORIDA FLORIDA (Sclater and Salvin). 



EMERALD TANAGER. 



Adult male. — General color above pure yellowish green (nearly 

 apple g-reen), the back and scapulars broadly streaked with black; 

 lower anterior portion of lores and a large quadrate oblique patch 

 across auricular region black; entire occiput pure lemon yellow; ruuip 

 plain bright greenish yellow, more decidedly yellow below; lesser 

 wing-coverts bright yellowish green with black (mostly concealed) 

 bases; rest of wings black, the middle coverts broadly tipped with 

 bright yellowish green, the greater coverts broadly and secondaries 

 more narrowl}" edged with the same; tail black with narrow green 

 edgings to middle rectrices; under parts plain light green (duller and 

 less yellowish than upper parts), the abdomen, anal region, and under 

 tail-coverts light maize or naples 3"ellow; bill black; legs and feet (in 

 dried skin) horn color; length (skin), 130.8; wing, 68.1; tail, l-S.T; 

 exposed culmen, 10.1; depth of bill at base, 4.8; tarsus, 16; middle 

 toe, 10.7.' 



Adult female. — Similar to the male, but rather duller in color and 

 without the yellow occipital patch. 



Costa Rica (Carrillos, on Rio Sucio). 



CaZZisie^^oridlo Sclater and Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1869, 416, pi. 28 (Costa 

 Rica; coll. Salvin and Godman). ^Salvin, Ibis, 1870, 114 (Costa Rica).— 

 Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xi, 1886, 103, part (Costa Rica).— Salvin 

 and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, 1883, 267, part, pi. 17, fig. 1 (Costa 

 Rica). — Zeledon, Anal. Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, i, 1887, 109 (Costa Rica). 



\Ca}lhte'\ florida Sclater and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 19. 



Calospiza florida florida Ridgway, Proc. Wash. Ac. Sci., iii. Ajar., 1901, 149, 

 in text. 



*One specimen, no. 108276, U. S. Nat. Mus., from Rio Sucio (Carrillos), 1884; 

 I\L Carranza. 



