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first plumage shot on 6th July in the Volcan de Fuego, and so young that it had 

 doubtless been reared in the vicinity. In this bird there is no trace of a spotted first 

 plumage which is like that of the female ; the belly is yellowish and the same colour 

 as the crissum, the wings and tail being coloured like those of the adult bird. 



Accounts differ as to the colour of the iris of this species in the living bird. Xantus 

 gives it as carmine "; Don A. Fenochio as " very dark." Unfortunately we omitted to 

 note the colour ourselves. 



2. Ptilogonys caudatus. 



Ptilogonys caudatus, Cab. J. f. Orn. 1860, p. 402'; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 97°; Baird, Rev. 

 Am. B. 1. p. 413' J Sel. & Salv. Ex. Orn. p. 11, t. 6*; v. Frantz. J. f. Om. 1869, p. 295 '; 

 Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 185 \ 



Cinereus, eoUo undique cum crista et gula flavieaatibus, ooulorum ambitii aureo, pileo summo cinereo ; alls 

 nitenti-nigris, tectricibus extus cinerascentibus ; caudee rectricibus lateralibus graduatis, hanim inter- 

 mediis elongatis, omnibus nitenti-nigris, quatuor utrinque externis macula alba in pogouio interiore 

 donatis ; bypocbondriis olivasceati-flavis, crisso aureo ; rostro et pedibus nigris. Long, tota 9-0, alsB 3'8, 

 caudae rectr. ext. 3"6, rectr. med. 5-2. 



Eemina olivascenti-cinerea fere unicolor, flavido mixta ; pileo summo pure cinereo ; annulo oculari aureo ; alis 

 caudaque sieut in mare sed obscurioribus, Cauda minus elongata. (Descr. maris et femins ex Volcan de 

 Cartago, Costa Eioa. Mus. nostr.) 



Eab. Costa Rica, Irazu [v. Frantzius ^ ^, /. Cooper ^), San Jose {v. Frantzius ^, Sogers), 

 Eancho Redondo (Carmiol^^) ; Paijama, Volcan de Chiriqui {Arce^). 



This beautiful species takes the place of Ptilogonys cinereus in the highlands of 

 Costa Rica and the adjoining parts of the State of Panama. In its general coloration 

 and in the texture of its plumage it is very similar to its congener ; but, besides diff'ering 

 in details of colour, it has a cuneate tail, the central rectrices being much elongated. 

 Upon the strength of this difference, Prof. Baird went so far as to suggest a subgeneric 

 name Sphenotelus for P. caudatus ; but this we think hardly necessary. 



Ptilogonys cinereus was one of Dr. von Frantzius's discoveries, made in the month of 

 March in the mountains of Costa Rica, at an elevation of 8000 feet, near the summit 

 of the Volcan de Irazu ^ ; and his specimens, on being sent to Berlin, were described by 

 Prof. Cabanis in his series of papers published on the birds of that country i. It has 

 since been sent in some numbers from Costa Rica, where it is probably not uncommon. 

 We have also received it from the Volcan de Chiriqui, in the State of Panama, our 

 excellent collector Arce having met with it in that district «. Being a strictly mountain 

 bird, probably never descending below an elevation of 5000 or 6000 feet, it is not found 

 elsewhere in the State of Panama. 



PHAINOPEPLA. 



Phainopepla, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 543 (type Ptilogonys nitens, Sw.) ; Baird, Eev. Am. B. i. p. 415. 



The glossy black plumage and long occipital crest are obvious distinguishing 



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