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one in question is probably San Isidro de San Jose, situated seven miles 

 northeast of San Jose on the slopes of Irazu at an altitude of about 

 5,200 feet. 



San Joaquin (de Dota) : — A name used by Basulto for some point 

 in the Dota Mountains and probably not far from Santa Maria. 



San Jose : — The capital and largest city of Costa Rica, situated 

 about eight miles to the west of the crest of the continental divide, 

 known as El Alto, and lying in the centre of a large and beautiful 

 valley or table-land, surrounded on all sides except to the west, with 

 high mountains. It has an altitude of about 3,500 feet, a splendid 

 climate, beautiful parks, and very well kept streets, with a population 

 of about twenty-five thousand souls. The capital of Costa Rica, prior 

 to 1823, was at Cartago, at which time it was moved to San Jose on 

 account of the continual earthquake disturbances at the former place. 



San Juan (de Irazu) : — Some point at a considerable altitude on 

 the southern slope of the Volcan de .Irazu, at which Mr. Ridgway 

 collected. 



San Lucas : — An island in the Gulf of Nicoya, on which is situated 

 the penitentiary or penal colony of the country. Cherrie and Alfaro 

 have collected there, and it is the locality always referred to by orni- 

 thological writers up to the present time. 



San Lucas (de Dota) : — A locality in the Dota Mountains at which 

 Basulto collected in 1908 for the United States National Museum, and 

 not used by any other collector. 



San Marcos de Dota or Tarrazu : — Composed of three small villages 

 known as San Pedro, San Lorenzo, and Guadeloupe, comprising about 

 seven hundred inhabitants. It is situated on the Rio Parrita Grande, 

 rising in the Dota Mountains and emptying into the Rio Grande de 

 Pirris at Pozo Azul. Altitude about 4,200 feet. It is reached by a 

 cart-road from San Jose, and is passed through on the way to Santa 

 Maria de Dota. 



San Mateo : — A town of some importance and about one thousand 

 inhabitants, situated at the foot of the Aguacate Mountains, at the pres- 

 ent terminus (actual terminus in Santa Domingo about two miles dis- 

 tant) of the Ferrocarril al Pacifico. It has an altitude of about 1,000 

 feet, but has a most insupportably hot climate. It is on the main 

 cart-road from Alajuela to Esparta. It is mentioned by Cooper, Bou- 

 card, and others. 



San Pedro (del Mojon): — (See Mojon.) 



