■'^^J CiiERRiE. Li^t of Birth of Saii fosr, Cos/it Riai. 247 



The llist e\tcnsi\e waiuK'rin^-s of tlic ICvcuiiii;- (jroshcaks, ;is iar 

 as vvc know, app.;;ir to have occirrctl in 187 1, when they ex- 

 tended south into Illinois and east into Ontario. In 1S79 thev 

 were tound in localities as far ajiart as Charles Cit\-, Iowa, and 

 Grand Rapids, Miciuj^an. In tlie winter of 18S6-S7 they wen- 

 reported from Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, 

 Michigan, Wisconsin, New York, and Ontario. That year they 

 appear to have been most common in the States of Iowa, Indi- 

 ana and Illinois, and the area of eastern North America cov- 

 ered was the greatest known up to that time, Init this wasverv 

 much exceeded l)y the wide distrilnition of the species in the 

 winter of iSSr)-(jo, when, although they do not appear to have 

 been as numerous in some localities as in the last preceding 

 dispersal, they reached nearly to the Atlantic coast at several 

 localities. It will be noted, however, that we lack information 

 concerning their movements that winter west of the Mississippi. 

 Now that the number of observers is sufficient to note the 

 movements of these birds with reasonable accuracy, it seems 

 probable that much more may be learned of their winter range. 

 In conclusion I beg to express my appreciation of the kindness 

 of Dr. C. Hart Merriam, in allording me valuable assistance 

 in preparing this paper. 



A PRELIMINARY LIST OF THE BIRDS OF SAN 

 JOSE, COSTA RICA. 



BY GEORGE K. CIIERRIE. 



(^Continited from p. 27.) ' 



58. Euetheia pusilla. — Common resident. Found on botii Allantic and 

 Pacific sides of the Cordillera, but not lower down than 2000 feet altitude. 

 The preceding and the present species are frequently kept in cages; the 

 song is short, without variation, jet leather pleasant. 



59. Passerina cyanea. — Rarely met with about San Jose, aiulMlun onlv 

 immatuie birds during the months of Octf)bei- and No\enil)er. Adult 

 birds are tolerably common in the low country on both coasts until as 

 late as the twentieth of March. 



