340 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



Volcan de Irazu at about 7,000 feet, where Underwood collected at 

 different times. 



Cuddros (del Mojon): — Same as preceding. 



Curridabat : — A town of considerable size about four miles east of 

 San Jose on the railway. Conditions and altitude nearly the same as 

 at San Jose. 



Desamparados : — A large village four miles south of San Jose, at 

 an elevation of about 3,800 feet. It is in a thickly settled district full 

 of small farms and coffee-plantations. 



DesangaTw : — The pass between the Volcan de Poas and the Barba 

 range, through which the road passes to Sarapiqui. It has an altitude 

 of about 6,500 feet, and is twenty-five miles from Alajuela. 



Desmonte : — A village of about six hundred inhabitants on the 

 western slope of the Aguacate Mountains, through which passes the 

 government cart-road from Alajuela to San Mateo. It is five miles 

 from the latter place, and has an altitude of 1,600 feet. This locality 

 is mentioned by Frantzius on some of his labels. 



Diquis (Rio): — See Grande de Terraba (Rio). 



Dos Novillos : — On the Old Line Railway near the Destierro River, 

 and beside a small river of the same name. It is eight and a half miles 

 distant from Siquirres and has an elevation of not more than 400 feet 

 above the Caribbean Sea. It is mentioned by Cherrie and Underwood- 



Dota (Cerros de): — The Dota Mountains are situated south of San 

 Jose, between the Candelaria Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, the 

 highest portions being in the southern part, and known as El Cerro de 

 la Muerte, where an elevation of about 10,500 feet is attained, and 

 over which passes the trail from Buenos Aires and El General de 

 Terraba to San Jose. 



Dota (Santa Maria de): — A town in the upper valley of the Rio 

 Parrita Grande above San Marcos, in the Dota Mountains, and about 

 thirty-seven miles south of San Jose. This locality has been visited 

 by many collectors, Frantzius, Carmiol, Zeledon, Underwood, and 

 others. The region is heavily wooded, has a cool climate with a heavy 

 rainfall, causing conditions very similiar to those present on the upper 

 Caribbean slopes, with the result that many species of birds are found 

 there, which, with this exception, are to be found only on the Carib- 

 bean slopes. 



Escasii ' or Escazu : — A small town about five miles southwest of 

 San Jose, at the foot of the mountains bounding the valley of San Jose 



