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THE I B I S. 



SEVENTH SERIES. 



No. VIII. OCTOBER 1896. 



XXXIX. — A List of Birds collected or observed on the Lower, 

 Southern, and South-western Slopes of the Volcano of 

 Miravalles and on the lower lands extending to Bagaces 

 in Costa Rica, ivith a few Observations on their Habits. 

 By C. F. Underwood*. 



From the beginning of August 1895 till the end of December 

 of the same year, accompanied by my brother and my 

 museum assistant, I was collecting in the vicinity and on 

 the lower slopes of Miravalles, extending my trips also, 

 occasionally, to Bagaces. 



To reach our destination our route lay up the Gulf of 

 Nicoya, then up the River Tempisque, branching off into 

 the '' Rio de las Piedras," and up until this river is joined 

 by the River Senorio Grande. In the fork of these two 

 rivers is situated the little town of Bebedero. Here we 

 landed some twenty-one hours after leaving Puntarenas, our 

 trip being made, part of the distance in the small mail- 

 steamer, and partly in a dug-out canoe. Our equipage was 

 heavy and the canoe small, the gunwale being but a few 

 inches above the water, which accounted partly for our low 

 speed. 



* [This paper was sent by the authorities of the National Museum of 

 Costa Rica to me, and I have since seen a portion of Mr. Underwood's 

 collection. I am thus in a position to make the few supplementary notes 

 which will be found below, with my initials. — O. Salvin.] 



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