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Chekkie oil liliaiiiphocclu& costariccnsis. 



[January 



From the description given by Dr. Colardeau of the specimen 

 obtained in Gandeloupe lately, it was probably ^^strelata /nvsi- 

 tata, which species Prof. Alfred Newton determined the speci- 

 mens sent by L'Herminier to Lafresnaye to be. 



Pere Labat gives a black figure of it, and also describes it as 

 Ijeino- black ; the question arises whether there are two birds bear- 

 \\\<y the name of Diablotin, or whether his description is erroneous. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF RAMPHO- 

 CBLUS FROM COSTA RICA. 



BY GEORGE K. CIIERRIE. 



Ramphocelus costaricensis sp. nov. 



Above, whole head varying from a diiskj slate black to a slate gray; 

 back and scapulars dusky yellowish olive; rump and upper tail-coverts 

 ochniceous rufous of varying intensity in the different specimens. Wings 

 duskv brownish black, inner webs of quills darkest; tail blackish. 

 Below, chin and throat grayish ; breast ochraceous rufous like the rump ; 

 the rest of lower parts yellowish olive, darker along the sides, "liill black 

 with plumbeous base. Feet, dark plumbeous." Female similar, 



Measurements (in inches) of six skins. 



