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152. Attila citreopygius ( l'>(>iiii|i. ). 



Two sixM'iiiuiiis secured on tlie I^jseoiulido aji^ree in a^eiienil w;iy with 

 othersoftliis variable s|)ecies. Tlu^se were taken in raflieiopen wocxls, 

 and reseinblcHl flycatchers in their actions. Iris brownish carinine. 



153. Pipra meutalis Scl. 



leather coininon in the Ibicsf on the Kscondido. Usually fouu<l trav^- 

 elinft- about in small numbers. 1 once saw ii male in a lemon bush, half 

 a mile from auy timber. Two came into the liouse. Iris of adult nude, 

 white; feet and legs Tsabellacolor. 



154. Manaciis candcei (rar/iid. ). 



Very common in the forest. Sometimes a Hock of twenty or more 

 males are found assembled in the low busings, apparently afl<M' foo<l. 

 When Hying the birds make a buzzing Avith the wings, and on alight- 

 ing often make a noise similar to the cracking of a small twig, oi- of a 

 Peccary gnashing its teeth. Feet orange. 



155. Carpodectes nitidus S.ilv. 



This species iscommon on the Kio Vilo in ( -osta Kica. During a. trip 

 U]> that river, from February 2<) to March 10, I fouml the birds numer- 

 ous, fnun a few miles from the mouth to a, i)oint about .'> miles below 

 the ( luatusa Indian villages, far u]) the river. The birds were observed 

 daily, ]>assing over the river high above the trees, with steady Hight 

 and regular wing-beats. Most of tin; birds se(^n on these occasions were 

 males. My first specimen was a female, found near the edge of the for- 

 es! in a, snudl berry-laden tree. Tlui berries of this tiee proved a, great 

 attraction to various speci«\s. During two or three visits to the tree I 

 noticed the following, not all of them were feeding on the berries, how- 

 ever: rir<(ni)<(. ri(hr<(, Myiohiiis fiilrif/ularis^ Tifi/ra pnsotiata^ J*a(-/n/- 

 rampliKs c in nam omens, Mitnai-us atmUvi^ Lipaufim /lolrri/tlirii.s, Carpo- 

 dectea nitidus, Trogon massena, T. mehmoccphaivs T. (ilricollis UneJlm'i, 

 Crtica lianiaiotis, L'dmpliastos iocdrd, and J*frr<>(/l(>Nsus lorqnatus. Sev- 

 eral days later ] was fortnna-te enongh to liinl a tree in which the biids 

 were feeding, sonu- miles farther up the liver They were attracted by 

 the berries, with whi(;h the tree was laden. Tlu^re were fifteen oi- more 

 of the (Jurpodcrtcsin \hv, tree, besides two or thrw Titifra pcysonata, 

 and other si)ecies, all feeding on the berries. At each discharge of the 

 gun the birds Hew out and disai)peared in the surrounding trees, from 

 whence, in the course of fifteen minutes or so, a bird would take the 

 initiative and return to feed, to be followed shortly by the others, win* 

 straggled in by twos and threes. 



After a long wait I secured seven of the birds, also a Titj/rti, shot by 

 mistake, and wounded two or three more ('(irixtdccfrs, which wen^ lost 

 in the woods. Most of those shot were goi-ged with the berries. About 

 2 miles above the tree Just mentioned I found Mr. J^'rederich Hansen, 



