134 Descriptions of New Species of Birds. 



31. Contopus ltigubris, nov. sp. 



Female. Upper plumage very dark olive brown, of a lighter color 

 below, on the middle of the abdomen dull whitish fulvous; tail and 

 quills blackish brown ; the larger wing coverts and secondaries with pale 

 edgings; under wing coverts and inner margins of quills dull pale 

 ochreous ; chin greyish ; on the pleura a patch of white feathers ; 

 under tail coverts light olive brown, with pale ochraceous edges ; upper 

 mandible black, the under yellow ; tarsi and toes reddish brown. 

 Second and third quills equal and longest, the first shorter than the 

 fourth. 



Length 1 inches ; wing 3f ; tail 3£ ; bill f ; tarsi £. 



Habitat. — Costa Rica, Barranca. Collected by J. Carmiol. 

 Mns. Smith. Inst. 



Remarks. — This is a very sombre colored species, and a 

 strictly typical form of the genus. In color it somewhat resem- 

 bles C. Richardsoni, but is very much darker as well as larger. 



12. Eupherusa niveicauda, nov. sp. 



Male. Plumage both above and below grass green, on the under 

 parts more shining ; upper tail coverts somewhat golden ; four central 

 tail feathers dark green slightly bronzed, all the others snow-white with 

 a terminal band of purplish black, tipped with bronzy green ; wings of 

 a dark brownish purple ; a few white feathers on the flanks ; tarsi 

 clothed with black feathers in front, white on the hind part ; under tail 

 coverts white, a few marked in the centre with green ; upper mandible 

 black, the under brownish white with the tip dusky ; feet black. 



Length 3f inches ; wing 2 ; tail 1 T \ ; bill T \. 



Habitat. — Costa Rica, Dota. Collected by J. Carmiol. 

 Mus. Smith. Inst. 



Remarks.— This is a smaller and less robust species than its 

 only ally, E. eximia, with a shorter and more slender bill ; it 

 is of a rather lighter shade of green, and differs in wanting the 

 chestnut red markings on the quills, and in the white on the 



