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name appears mostly on specimens collected by Sefior don Anastasio 

 Alfaro. Probable altitude, 6,000 to 7,000 feet. 



Agua Calienie : — A small village, situated on a river of the same 

 name, about four miles south of Cartago, and at a considerably lower 

 altitude (about 3,800 feet). There are very few references to the 

 locality, mostly by early collectors. It is on the Caribbean slope. 



Aguacate (mountains) ; Monte del Aguacate .• — A spur of the main 

 Central American or Andean range, extending westward to the valley 

 of the Barranca River, and crossed by the " Camino Real " from San 

 Jose to Puntarenas, via Alajuela. The highest point in the range is 

 about 4,150 feet. There are very few references to this region. 



Alajuela: — Capital city of the province of the same name, with 

 about five thousand inhabitants. It is thirteen miles west of San Jose 

 and the terminus of the old Ferrocarril de Costa Rica, and has an 

 altitude of 3,100 feet. It is situated on the Rio Grande de Tarcoles, 

 flowing into the Pacific Ocean. 



Alajuelita : — Situated four and one-half miles southwest of San 

 Jose. A very small village, called sometimes San Josesito, mentioned 

 by Zeledon and others. Conditions about the same as at San Jose. 

 Pacific slope. 



Alto del Tablazo : — A small table-land in the Candelaria mountains 

 southeast of San Jose at an altitude of 4,050 feet, opening into the 

 valley of San Jose. 



Alto de Ochomogo ; El Alto ; Laguna de Ochomogo : — The point 

 on the continental divide at which the railroad and cart-road cross 

 in going from Cartago to San Jose. It is a small plateau with an 

 altitude of 5,280 feet, and contains a marshy pond of about 1,000 

 yards in circumference. The heights of La Carpintera, the end of 

 the Candelaria mountain chain, rise towards the south. 



Angostura : — A small valley situated on the south side of the Rio 

 Reventazon, at an altitude of about 1,980 feet, and exactly opposite 

 from Turrialba, a station on the Ferrocarril de Costa Rica. It has a 

 very hot, humid climate and is reputed to be rather unhealthy. It 

 was at this point that Julian Carmiol obtained so many of the birds 

 peculiar to the Caribbean fauna. Few collectors have visited the 

 region except Carmiol and Zeledon. It is just below the Tuis Valley, 

 and is surrounded by forest-clad hills. 



Anonos (Los) : — A point on the road from San Jose to Escazu 

 where it crosses the Rio Tiribi. The conditions are the same as at 



