396 Description of Six supposed 



Habitat. — Costa Rica, Volcan tie Irazii. Talamanca Ex- 

 pedition. 



Remarks. — This specimen I judge to be immature, for 

 besides the black upper tail coverts, there are a few scattered 

 black spots on the front and two on one side of the neck, 

 which would seem to indicate that it was undergoing a change 

 of plumage. At one time I thought it was perhaps the 

 young of the preceding species, but the tail coverts and 

 spots above spoken of, being black in color instead of brown, 

 do not favor such a supposition ; in C. axillaris the wings 

 are shorter and the tail feathers narrower. 



Further collections will soon be received from the expedi- 

 tion, when I hope to be enlightened by other examples. 



4. Hitiirreiuoii ati'iciti>illiis. 



Entire head above, cheeks and hind ncclv deep blacli; back, upper tail 

 coverts, wing coverts and outer margins of quills, of a clear yellowish- . 

 green; bend of wing bright yellow; quills and tail feathers brownish- 

 black; throat, breast and abdomen pure white; sides cinereous tinged 

 with yellowish-greein ; under tail coverts dark ashy-brown, some of the 

 shorter feathers with white shaft stripes and edged with the same, the 

 longer coverts washed with greenish ; bill black ; tarsi and toes bi'ownish- 

 black. Length (skin) 7| in. ; wing 3| ; tail 3^ ; tarsi 1 ; bill from front 

 11-16; high at base |. 



Habitat. — Thousfht to be from Bosrota, and from the make- 

 up of the skin I think the supposition is correct. 



JRemarA's. — The species is of about the size, and somewhat 

 resembles B. assimilis in coloring, but the upper plumage 

 has more of a yellow shade, and the under plumage is more 

 white, the ashy coloring not extending so much on the sides 

 of the breast and abdomen ; the bill is higher and more 

 arched than in any of its allies, and it is distinguished from 

 all others of the genus, by its entirely black head and hind 

 neck. 



4. Phoniiiara funiosa. 



The entire plumage is of a fuliginous-black, inclining more to black on 

 the throat and breast ; the outer webs of the quill feathers edged narrowly 



