Carriker : List of the Birds of Costa Rica. 423 



79. Pisobia bairdi (Coues). 



A ctodromas bairdi Couf.s, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1861, 194. 



Tringa bairdi Cherrie, Auk, XII, 1895, 87 (Tierra Blanca, two specimens, 

 June 8, 1895). 



Heteropygia bairdi Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XXIV, 1896, 570. — Salvin 

 and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, III, 1903, 390 (no C. R. records). — 

 Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XIX, 102 (Cerro de Candelaria — 1 9 [Un- 

 derwood]). 



Pisobia bairdi, Fourteenth Supp. A. O. U. Check List, Auk, XXV, 1908, 367. 



Am. Mus. Nat. History: San Jose, Sept. 18, cP & ? (Underwood). 

 Only a rare winter visitant on the central highlands. 



80. Gallinago delicata (Ord). 



Scolopax delicata Ord, ed. Wils. Am. Orn., VI, 18, PI. 147, f. I. 



Gallinago delicata Zeledon. An. Mus. Nac. de C. R., 1, 1887, 129 (San Jose). 

 — Cherrie, Auk, IX, 1890, 332 ; 1892, 329 (.San Jose, not uncommon from 

 Oct. 1 to Feb. 15). — Richmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XVI, 1893 (San 

 Carlos, common in Feb.). — Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XXIV, 1896, 642 

 (Costa Rica [Fndres] ). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Ccntr.-Am., Aves, III, 

 1903, 392 (other records cited). 



Gallinago wilsoni Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., IX, 1868, 141 (Frantzius). 



Scolopax wilsonii Frantzius, Jour, fiir Orn., 1869, 377 (C. R.). 



Bangs Collection : Tenorio, Jan. 23, Azahar de Cartago, Nov. 10, 



Cartago, Dec. 13 (Underwood). 

 •Carnegie Museum : La Estrella de Cartago, Nov. 5, 1907 (Carriker). 



One skin. 



Quite common over nearly the whole country where marshy land is 

 to be found and especially abundant about La Laguna de Ochomogo, 

 -between Cartago and San Jose. 



Mr. Lankester and myself found them abundant there during 

 November, but they are always speedily shot off by foreigners from 

 San Jose. There were always a few in the marshy pastures about 

 •Guapiles and other points on the " Old Line." 



81. Lobipes lobatus (Linnaeus). 



Tringa lobata LiNN/EUS, Syst. Nat., I, 1766, 149. 



Phalaropus hyperboreus Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XXIV, 1896, 698. — 



Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, III, 1903, 394 ( Desamparados 



[ Underwood in Hit. ] ) . 

 Lobipes lobatus Stone, Auk, XXIV, 1907, 196. 



The presence of the Northern Phalarope in the list of Costa Rican 

 birds rests wholly on the record in the ' ' Biologia, ' ' as having been taken 



