Carriker : List of the Birds of Costa Rica. 415 



the arrangement, that he lists these species, not from the fact that 

 specimens from Costa Rica are known to him, but because they are 

 species which might pass up and down the coasts of Costa Rica during 

 their migrations. As the present list only includes species known to 

 have been actually taken in the country I omit the four terns listed 

 by Zeledon. 



56. Anous stolidus (Linnaeus). 



Sterna stolidus LlNN/EUS, Syst. Nat., Vol. I, 227. 



Anous stolidus Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XII, 116. — Townsend, Bull. 

 Mus. Comp. Zool., XXVII, 1S95, 123. (Cocos Island — Steamer Albatross. ) 



" Abundant, four specimens collected. This species was noticed 

 as most numerous, flying among the branches of the trees in the forest. 

 The specimens are apparently referable to A. stolidus." (Townsend.) 



57. Larus franklini Swainson & Richardson. 



Larus franklini Swainson and Richardson, Fauna Bor.-Amer., II, 1831, 424, 

 t. 71. 

 C. H. Lankester Collection : Port Limon. (Specimen identified by 



R. Ridgway. ) 



I have frequently seen gulls flying along the Caribbean coast, but 

 never was able to shoot one. Mr. Lankester informs me that he 

 secured a specimen which was identified by Mr. Ridgway as this 

 species. 



Family CHARADRIID^. 

 58. Arenaria interpres (Linnaeus). 



Tringa interpres LiNN^EUS, Syst. Nat., I, 1766, 248. 



Arenaria interpres Zeledox, An. Mus. Nac. de C. R., I, 1887, 129 (Las 



Trojas). — Cherrie, Expl. Zool. en C. R., 1891-2, 1893, 55 (Punta Mala). 



— Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XXIV, 1896, 92. — Salvin and Godman,. 



Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, III, 1903, 345 (above reference cited). 



Probably only a very rare winter visitant on the Pacific coast. 

 59. Haematopus palliatus Temminck. 



Hcematopus palliatus Temminck Man. D'Orn., II, 532. — Lawrence, Ann. Lye. 

 N. Y., IX, 1868, 141 (Capt. Dow). —Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XXIV, 

 1896, 114 (no Costa Rican reference). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.- 

 Am., Aves, III, 1903, 347 (Bahia de Salinas [Mus. Nac. de Costa Rica, 

 teste Underwood] ). 



Like the preceding, only a straggler in Costa Rica, conditions not 

 being suitable for its wintering there. 



