418 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



I have never seen this bird in Costa Rica, and the only authorities 

 for its presence in the Costa Rican List are the two references cited 

 above. 



66. Numenius hudsonicus Latham. 



Numenitis hudsonicus Latham, Ind. Orn., II, 712. — Frantzius, Jour, fur Orn., 

 1869, 377 (C. R.). — Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. de C. R., I, 1887, 130 (Pun- 

 tarenas). — Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. , XXIV, 1896,364. — Cherrie, 

 Expl. Zool. en C. R., 1891-2, 1893, 57 (Rio Grande de Terraba). — Salvin 

 and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, III, 1903, 365 (San Lucas, [Under- 

 wood in litt.~\ ). 

 C. H. Lankester Collection: San Jose, Sept. 15, 1907. 

 Carnegie Museum : El Coronado de Terraba, July 3 (Carriker). Two 

 skins. 



A rare winter visitant on the Pacific coast and the plateau region. 

 Of a small flock seen on a mud-flat, at Coronado, July 3, two were 

 secured. 



67. Macrorhamphus griseus (Gmelin). 



Scolopax grisea Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, 1788, 154. 



Macrorhamphus griseus Sclater and Salvin, Ibis, i860, 277. — Frantzius, 



Jour, fiir Orn., 1869, 377 (Costa Rica). — Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 



XXIV, 1896, 394. — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, III, 



r 9°3> 3°8 (Alajuela [Underwood in litt.~\). 

 Macrorhamphus scolopaceus Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. V., IX, 1868, 141 (C. R. 



[Frantzius] ). 



Although Mr. Lawience gives the record for his birds as being M. 

 scolopaceus, I have placed it under M. griseus for the reason that no 

 specimens from Costa Rica of either species are available for determi- 

 nation, and following out the theory that it is more likely to be the 

 eastern bird than the western (this usually has proven to be the case 

 where eastern and western forms are considered), I have placed the 

 two records under M. griseus. 



68. Catoptrophorus semipalmatus (Gmelin). 



Scolopax semipahnata Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, 1788, 659. 



Catoptrophorus scmipa/matus BONAPARTE, ^Ann. Lye. N. Y. , II, 1827, 323. 



— Richmond, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XVIII, 1905, 75. — Bangs, Auk, 



1907, 291 (Puntarenas, Aug. 13, 1906 [Underwood]). 



The above record published by Mr. Bangs is undoubtedly the first 

 and only record of the taking of this bird in Costa Rica. There was 

 but one specimen obtained, an immature bird, from which it was 

 impossible to determine to which subspecies it belonged. 



