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215. MlLVULUS FORFICATUS, Gill. 



Native name " Tijerillo." 



Several specimens from San Jose, January to May. Very common 

 in the Savana, a beautiful plain about one mile and a half from the 

 town. They are usually perched on the small shrubs in the plain. 



Family Cotingid^e. 



216. Tityra personata, Jard. & Selby. 



Several specimens from Orozi. Always seen perched on the highest 

 trees, where they remain sometimes for hours, as if they were on the 

 watch. They are easily mistaken for Carpodectes nitidus, which they 

 resemble very much when seen at a long distance. 



217. Pachyrhamphus versicolor, Hartl. 



Only one specimen, from Candelaria, May. Very rare. 



218. Pachyrhamphus cinereiventris, Sclat. 

 One specimen, from San Mateo, May. 



219. Lipaugus holerythrus, Sclat. & Salv. 



Several specimens from San Carlos, February; and Naranjo, 

 April. 



220. Carpodectes nitidus, Salv. 



One adult female, from San Carlos, February. This sex, being 

 quite new to science, I give a description of it. 



Head and back of a dark bluish grey, rather lighter on the fore- 

 head ; the upper feathers of the tail nearly black, the underside ashy 

 grey ; wing-coverts of the same colour as the back ; primaries black ; 

 the secondaries and tertiaries have a white border on their inner webs j 

 cheeks, throat, and round the eyes white ; breast and abdomen pale 

 bluish grey ; under wing- and under tail-coverts white ; the lower 

 part of the abdomen white ; thighs white ; toes black ; bill blue. 



Total length 8f inches, wing 5|, tail 2f . 



I procured this bird quite accidentally. 8 During our stay at San 

 Carlos we used to bathe every afternoon in a stream close by the 

 rancho, and I always carried my gun with me. The third day after 

 our arrival at San Carlos we were quietly enjoying our bath when 

 my friend Meil saw this bird alighting on a tree close by. Imme- 

 diately he told me I came out of the water and took my gun ; but 

 the bird was perched so high that I could not make out with cer- 

 tainty what species it was. I was struck by its colour, and I thought 

 immediately of Carpodectes, of which I had seen a figure in the 

 ' Proceedings.' I had a shot at the bird ; and it fell down, but far 

 away in the forest amongst Agave plants growing near the stream. 

 My friends saw the direction where it fell ; and although I was quite 

 naked, I went into the forest, and, after twenty minutes of the most 

 active search, I had the pleasure of finding it quite dead. Several 

 times I was near giving up the search ; but now I feel very happy 



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