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Gudpiles : — The present terminus of the Old Line Railroad 

 (" Linea Vieja "), fifty-nine miles from Port Limon and about one 

 mile east of the Rio Toro Amarillo. It has an elevation of 800 feet 

 above sea-level and as a rule a pleasantly cool climate, with very 

 little malaria. There are many large pastures surrounding the place, 

 with trees scattered through them, while back of these is the virgin 

 forest. It is a magnificent collecting ground. Mr. Crawford and 

 myself seem to be the only ones who have worked there. 



Guayabal : — A small village not far from Turrialba on the Carib- 

 bean slope at an altitude of about 2,000 feet. A region of forest, 

 coffee- and sugar-plantations. Zeledon and Underwood collected 

 there. 



Guaydbo : — A station on the railway from Port Limon to San 

 Jose, between Turrialba and Juan Vinas, at an altitude of about 2,500 

 feet.' The conditions are very favorable for bird-life, and many 

 species are there present. Mr. Ridgway, in company with Messrs. 

 Zeledon and Alfaro, made extensive collections at this point in 1905. 

 Much of the collecting was very probably done in the hills back of 

 the station at a much higher altitude, probably up to 4,000 feet. 



Heredia : — A city of considerable importance situated on the rail- 

 way between San Jose and Alajuela on the Pacific slope at an altitude 

 a little lower than that of San Jose. Climatic conditions about the 

 same. The name does not often appear on the labels of birds. 



Hervidero : — Probably only another name for Agua Caliente. 



Hogar (El) : — Name of a large plantation of bananas three miles 

 from Guacimo, on the " Linea Vieja," and formerly a station on the 

 railway. It occupies a position midway between Jimenez and 

 Guacimo, with the same conditions. Has a very rich and varied 

 bird-fauna. With the exception of Mr. Lankester, I do not know of 

 any other collector beside myself who has worked there. 



Hondura (La) : — A point at which is situated a small faim on a 

 little shelf or plateau in the upper gorge of the Rio Blanco, the 

 largest tributary of the Rio Sucio, through which passes the old cart- 

 road from San Jose to Carrillo. It has an altitude of about 4,000 

 feet, is usually cold and rainy, and is surrounded on all sides by 

 mountains covered with jungle. Many of the species peculiar to the 

 higher altitudes are found there. Both Underwood and myself have 

 done considerable collecting at this point. It is on the Caribbean 

 slope. 



