IS92-J Cherrie, Lisf of P/r(h of San yosc, Cosia Rica. 2 1 



Sept. 23. — I saw three more, but think they were the ones seen yester- 

 day. 



Sept. 29. — I saw and shot two. 



Oct. 2. — I saw two and shot them. 



All these late birds, I think, had been living on the Island of Nantucket 

 since the Sept. ii landing. The summer of 1889 has been unusuallv wet 

 and very cool . 



1890. — Some fifteen Eskimo Curlew are reported to have been seen this 

 season; none have been killed to my knowledge; I have not seen ativ. 

 Some birds passed Tuckernuck and Nantucket on Sept. 18. a few of 

 which remained over night; all gone next day. 



1891, Aug. 20. — Thirteen were seen, they remained tluring the ne.xt day 

 and then departed. 



Sept. I. — I saw one. 



Sept. 7. — Three birds shot on Tuckernuck Island. 



Sept. 13. — ^Two seen, one shot. 



Sept. 15. — Two shot from a flock of Hudsonian Curlew. 



Sept. [7. — Flock of thirteen seen. Up to Oct. i the birds above enum- 

 erated as being shot or seen comprise the entire number killed or noted 

 on the Islands of Nantucket and Tuckernuck for this vear. 



A PRELIMINARY LIST OF THE BIRDS OF SAN 

 JOSE, COSrA RICA. 



BY GEORGE K. CHERRIE. 

 {Continued from Vol. VIII, p. 2jg.) 



17. Dendroica caerulea. — I have seen the Cerulean Warbler only four 

 times in Costa Rica. The first was a young male taken Aug. 24, 1890, in 

 company with a lot of D. cestiva and D. blackburnite. The other three 

 were also young birds and were taken as follows : male Sept. 12, female 

 Oct. 7, and female Oct 24, 1890. 



18. Dendroica dominica. — Oct. 4. 1891, I saw a handsome male in the 

 central park. It is the only example I have seen in Costa Rica. 



19. Seiurus noveboracensis. — A series of twenty examples were taken 

 between the middle of September and the last of May. 



20. Seiurus aurocapillus. — I have taken but one at San Jose, and only 

 three in Costa Rica. 



2£. Seiurus motacilla. — ^Rare. 



22, Oporornis formosa — I took a single female Oct. 7, 1890. 



23. Geothlypis trichas. — In three years' collecting only five have been 

 taken, Tliese cvidentlv belong to the eastern North American form. 



