8 REVIEW OF AMERICAN BIRDS. [PART I. 
Norsz.—Additional specimens received from Costa Rica—none in 
very perfect plumage—agree in being all rather grayer, with less con- 
trast of back and tail coverts than Mexican and Guatemalan. They, 
however, vary considerably among themselves—some being quite 
decidedly olivaceous on the back. The most olivaceous specimens 
have the most brightly orange-colored bills. In some of the others 
the bill above is light horn color. No. 33,259 has an unusually 
large first primary—more than half the longest. 
List of SPECIMENS. 
| 
Smith- |Colleec-| Sex Whe | : 
sonian]} tor’s | and Locality. Colle be Received from Collected by 
No No nee ollected. 
F ge. 
22,362 433,122) .. Cordova, Mex. aie Wenveanx.: 5 1/1 7-10) } geese 
16,841 ae pte Mexico. sae , GOULE © Ne eee 
29,201 68} .. Orizaba, Mex. 450 Prof. Sumichrast. | Prof. Sumichrast. 
32,45) Bae|) ie ss ans ba pa 
32,453 IGS |ti. es ctete es D 
7,951 | .. |Juv.| Guatemala. cae eGouldya ae 0 al gems eta 
13,661 AD a Pe Bot Dr. BolagerevT ye esas 
30,650 4 6{0){) 5 Duenas, Guat. |Sept. 1862.|; O. Salvin. Salvin & Godman. 
30,482 1 aes San Jose, Costa 555 Dr. Frantzius. J. Carniol, 
ni is We Mexico. [Rica. 50° Cab. of G. N. Law-| D’Oca. 
oie Ak se Guatemala. nate se [rence = 55.2858 
33,258 4 109) .. ae S40 Dr ran teiise dl 0 sees 
33,256 MELO} es ES gro Ga eA, a ERR Voie 
33,259 ie S5 sé a36 AO ArNiol ey sell a ne 
33,255 “ic ox " Spd Fe Mee On| Peed Rite 
SRO alle ween Wi ihaee « Be BO || ei 
16,841. Upper mand. black; rufous of wings very intense.—29,201. Bill orange red, in skin 
yellowish. — 33,259. Ist primary very large. 
Catharus occidentalis. 
Catharus occidentalis, Scuater, P. Z. §. 1859, 323, 370.—Is. Cat. Am. 
Birds, 1861, 1 (No. 2). 
Hab. Mexico (Oaxaca and Totontepec (Sclater) ; Orizaba). 
This species may readily be distinguished from C. melpomene by 
several characters. The general color above is much the same ; but 
while the rump, tail and wings are little, if at all more rufous than 
the back, the head above and nape are decidedly so. There is an 
indication of streaks on the jugulum and throat, the feathers being 
pale buff at base, broadly streaked centrally, and tipped with plum- 
beous; while in melpomene there is no indication of the buff, nor of 
streaks, the feathers being pure plumbeous, except where the whitish 
basal portion shows on the chin and throat. The legs are darker 
and more olivaceous. The bill is dark brown, almost black, except 
the yellowish basal portion of lower jaw. The wings are longer and 
more pointed, the longest primary exceeding the 10th by .65 of an 
inch, instead of .35 to .40, The spurious primary is smaller and 
narrower, its exposed portion reaching over scarcely more than one- 
