42 MR. A. BOUCARD ON BIRDS FROM COSTA RICA. [Jan. 15, 



Only one specimen ( $ ) collected, at San Carlos, where it was 

 rather abundant in February. They are rather easy to detect, in 

 consequence of a plaintive cry which they repeat frequently, as if 

 calling one another. 



The flesh is white and delicious to eat. 



I have also one specimen, obtained at San Carlos, which is much 

 darker than C. boucardi. It has not any of the black and yellow 

 spots, either on the back or on the secondaries and tertiaries, which 

 are so conspicuous in the former. Instead of that the secondaries 

 are nearly black, bordered with rufous grey, the tertiaries are rufous 

 grey, the back is rather dark rufous, darker on the rump, the 

 upper tail-coverts are rufous, with an indication of yellow and black 

 spots, as hi C. boucardi. On the underside the abdomen is nearly 

 of the same grey colour as the breast, slightly rufous on each side. 



Ordo Galling. 

 Family Cracid.e. 



3. Penelope purpurascens, Wagl. 



Native name " Faisan." 



Hab. Volcan de Irazu. 



Rather common in the forests on the slopes of the volcano. It is 

 also found in San Carlos, showing that it lives indifferently in low or 

 high altitudes. 



4. Cham^ipetes tjnicolor, Salv. 



Hab. Volcan de Irazu. 



They are in great demand for food in San Jose', where they sell at 

 from four to eight shillings. 



Subfamily Cracin^e. 



5. Crax globicera, L. 



Native name " Pavo." 



Hab. San Carlos, Volcan de Irazu, Naranjo. 



Rather common. 



Subfamily Odontophorinje. 



6. Odontophorus guttatus, Gould. 



Native name " Perdiz." 



Hab. Curridabat, near San Jose. 



Two specimens, one male and one female, killed in March. 



7. Dendrortyx leucophrys, Gould. 



One specimen, from the Volcano of Irazu, May. Killed at the 

 altitude of 7000 feet. It was scratching the ground in search of 

 food. 



8. Ortyx leylandi, Moore. 



Valley of San Jose. Common in the coffee-plantations during the 



