206 U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 221 



Von Frantzius sent two specimens, of which No. 33449 cannot now be 

 found. Each was entered into the register as from San Carlos, but the 

 printed label of No. 33450 reads "Costa Rica (San Jose)," as probably did 

 that of No. 33449, and as certainly do those of all other skins received from 

 von Frantzius at the same time. The only published record for the occur- 

 rence of the species at San Jose (Lawrence, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York 

 9: 130, 1868) is derived from this label. 



San Carlos seems to be a more likely locality for the specimen, but it 

 must be noted that all other material from San Carlos received at the same 

 time was collected, not by von Frantzius, but by Julian Carmiol. This 

 would imply that one of von Frantzius's labels had been attached in the 

 museum to one of Carmiol's birds, although the possibility is somewhat 

 negated by von Frantzius's failure to disclaim credit for the discovery of the 

 original specimen (Ibis, p. 551, 1865) . 



Genus MEGALAIMA G. R. Gray 



Megalaima virens mayri Ripley 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 61 : 100, June 16, 1948. 

 390200. Adult male. Dreyi (Tidding Saddle at elev. 6,000 feet), 

 Mishmi Hills, Sadiya Frontier Tract, Assam Province, India. January 

 6, 1947. Collected by Edward C. Migdalski. Original number 321. 

 Smithsonian Institution-Yale University Expedition. 

 Megalaima zeylanica rana Ripley 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 63: 101, May 25, 1950. 

 408263. Adult male. Bajora, Dailekh District, western Nepal. January 

 2, 1949. Collected by S. Dillon Ripley. Original number 409. Na- 

 tional Geographic Society-Yale University-Smithsonian Institution Ex- 

 pedition to Nepal. 

 Chotorea niystacophanes ampala Oberholser 



Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 60 (7) : 6, October 26, 1912. 

 =Megalaima mystacophanos ampala (Oberholser). See Ripley, Bull. 

 Mus. Comp. Zool. 94: 366, 1944; Peters, Checklist of birds of the 

 world 6: 35, 1948. 

 179699. Adult male. Pulau Tana Bala, Barussan Islands, eastern Indian 

 Ocean off Sumatra. February 11, 1903. Collected by William L. 

 Abbott. 

 Cyanops franklini trangensis Riley 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 47 : 116, June 13, 1934. 

 =Megalaima franklinii trangensis (Riley). See Peters, Checklist of 



birds of the world 6: 35, 1948. 

 160236. Adult female. Summit of Khao Nam Pliu (elev. 3,000 feet), a 

 hill (at lat. 7°35' N., long. 99°50' E.) in the range dividing Trang 

 and Phatthalung Provinces, peninsular Thailand. February 22, 1897. 

 Collected by William L. Abbott. 



