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used on bird-labels probably refers to La Junta, or some point near by, 

 for there is no village or station by this name, only a small banana- 

 plantation near Cairo, three miles west of La Junta. It is referred to 

 by Carranza and Underwood. 



Retes : — This is some obscure local name for a point near Cartago. 

 Cooper collected a few specimens there, but it is not mentioned by 

 other collectors. 



Rey (El, de Dota) : — A village high up in the southern part of the 

 Dota Mountains, at an altitude of probably about 8,000 feet. Basulto 

 collected some skins there in 1908. 



Roble (El) : — Four miles west of San Jose, on or near the Ferro- 

 carril al Pacifico, and not far from Turrucares. The surrounding 

 country is level arid marshy in places. I believe Underwood used 

 the name for some point on the slopes of the Volcan de Irazu. 



Sabanilla : — On the crest of the Pacific coast-range, and terminus 

 of the cart-road from San Jose, en route to Pozo Azul de Pirris. 



Salitrillo (El) : — There are two places of this name, one near 

 Santa Ana de Escazu, the other near Desamparado. Conditions about 

 the same at both. Mentioned by Underwood. 



San Antonio (de Desamparados) : — There are many places of the 

 name of San Antonio, but the one probably referred to by Frantzius 

 is the present, situated one mile east of Desamparados in the valley of 

 San Jose. 



San Carlos : — This is the name of one of the largest rivers of Costa 

 Rica, rising on the northern slopes of the main continental range, in 

 the west central portion of the country and flowing northeastward into 

 the Rio San Juan at a point about midway between Lake Nicaragua 

 and the Caribbean Sea. The name as used by collectors (Boucard and 

 others) refers to the Commandancia de San Carlos, or the Government 

 Station on that river at the point where the Rio Arenal enters from, 

 the west. It is a pleasant journey on horseback from San Ramon, 

 during the dry season, but almost impossible during the wet months. 

 San Francisco : — Rogers used this name on some of his labels, but 

 I cannot be certain which of the many points named San Francisco he 

 meant, it probably being a local name for some point near Cartago or 

 possibly San Francisco de Heredia, about two miles from that city on 

 the railway. 



San Isidro (de San Jose) : — There are quite a number of villages 

 named San Isidro, all scattered about over the Plateau district, but the 



