COSTA RICAN TITYRA 



Male. Forehead, around eye and patch be- 

 low eye, and chin, black; general color above 

 pale bluish gray, almost white on back of head 



FIG. 83. Tityra semifasciata costaricensis 

 (Male, Nat. Size) 



and cheeks and deeper on back, scapulars and 

 lerser wing coverts; the remainder of the wings 

 black; tail pale gray with terminal third ab- 

 ruptly black and tipped with grayish white; 

 under parts pale bluish gray, fading to white on 

 throat. Bare skin around and in front ''of eye 

 and basal half of bill, red; terminal portion of 

 bill black. Feet gray. 



Female. Drab gray above, deepening to 

 sooty on top of head and cheeks, shading to 

 smoke gray on hindneck, rump and upper tail- 

 coverts; wings same as in male but gray more 

 brownish; under parts pale gray, fading to white 

 on throat. Bill and bare skin same as in male. 



"Found along the shores of the lake and river." 

 (Jewel). Noted in tall trees on the shore of 

 Barro Colorado Island, April 4, 1924 and April 

 339 



