Carriker : List of the Birds of Costa Rica. 409 



Carnegie Museum : Pozo Azul, Buenos Aires, Rio Sicsola (Carriker); 



Pozo Azul (Underwood). Four skins. 



This species seems to range over the lowlands both of the Caribbean 

 and Pacific up to perhaps 1,500 feet. It never leaves the forest, pre- 

 ferring wet or boggy spots or the banks of creeks. It is very shy, 

 running swiftly away at the slightest disturbance, and to secure them 

 the greatest caution must be used in walking through the forest. They 

 will usually run a few feet when first seeing anyone, then stop or walk 

 slowly for a few seconds before running swiftly, and at that moment 

 must be secured, for they will not be seen again. 



44. Aramides albiventris plumbeicollis (Zeledon). 



Aramides plumbeicollis Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. de C. R., 1, 1887, 131 ; II, 

 1888,3 (Jimenez [Alfaro] ).— Richmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XVI, 

 1S93, 528 (Jimenez). — Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XXIII, 1894, Note, 

 p. 53. — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, III, 1903, 320 (Car- 

 rillo [Underwood]). 



Aramides cayennensis Frantzius, Jour, fiir Orn., 1869, 375. 



Aramides albiventris plumbeicollis Bangs, Am. Nat., XLI, 1907, 483 (Jimenez, 

 Carrillo, Cariblanco [Underwood]). 



Carnegie Museum: El Hogar, Guapiles, Vol. Turrialba (2,000 feet) 



(Carriker). Three skins. 



Confined entirely to the Caribbean lowlands, and probably only in 

 the northeastern part, since there are no records of its presence in 

 southeastern Costa Rica, and all specimens recorded from Talamanca 

 belong to the preceding species, A. cajanea. 



Its habitat and habits are the same as for the preceding. 



45. Porzana Carolina (Linnaeus). 



Kallus carolinus LiNN^us, Syst. Nat., I, 366, 1766. 



Porzana Carolina Sclater and Salvin, Ibis, 1859, 230. — Cherrie, Auk, 1890, 



332; 1892, 329 (San Jose, 1881 [Zeledon]). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. 



Centr.-Am. Aves, III, 1903 (Laguna de Cartago [Underwood in ////.]). 

 Crex Carolina Frantzius, Jour, fiir Orn., 1869, 375 (Costa Rica). 



Bangs Collection : San Jose, Alajuela, San Pedro (Underwood). 

 C. H. Lankester Collection : Turrucares. 



It is surprising that there are so few records of the taking of this 

 rail in Costa Rica, because it becomes quite common during the winter 

 at many places. I saw numerous birds in the vicinity of Guapiles and 

 Jimenez during the winter of T906, and in October, 1907, they were 

 abundant at Turrucares, being hunted as game-birds by some of the 



