Carriker : List of the Birds of Costa Rica. 493 



Ceryle americana septentfionalis Richmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. , XVI, 1893, 

 511 (Nicaragua). 



U. S. Nat. Museum : San Jose (Ridgway and Zeledon), Bonilla 



(Basulto). 

 Bangs Collection : Jimenez, Cariblanco, San Jose, Tenorio, El 



General de Terraba (Underwood). 

 Fleming Collection : Carrillo (Underwood). 

 Carnegie Museum : Guapiles (Carriker & Crawford) ; Pozo Azul de 



Pirris, Cuabre, Guacimo, Miravalles, El Pozo, Boruca (Carriker). 



Birds from Costa Rica and Panama seem to be intermediate between 

 specimens from British Honduras and Santa Marta, Colombia, both in 

 the size of the bill and in the extent of the chestnut on the throat of 

 the male. They have a little more chestnut than birds from British 

 Honduras, but much less than those from Santa Marta, in which the 

 chestnut runs well up over the throat. On the whole they are nearer 

 to birds from British Honduras. 



This species is very common over the whole of Costa Rica, from the 

 sea up to at least 7,000 feet, although they are not abundant above 

 about 5,000 feet. They prefer the smaller streams to the larger, 

 although they frequent both. At Boruca I found a pair in a very 

 small creek hidden away in the forest well up in the hills, a most 

 unusual locality for this species. 



202. Ceryle aenea aenea (Pallas). 



Alcedo anea Pallas (cf. reprint Vroeg's Catalog, by Sherborn and Richmond). 



Ceryle superciliosa Gray, Gen. Birds, I, 1874, 82. — Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. 



Y., IX, 1868, 118 (C. R. [Ellendorf]). — Frantzius, Jour, fiir On., 1869, 



311 (C. R.). — Nutting, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V, 1882, 400 (La Palma, 



rare). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, II, 1895, 478, part 



(Mexico to Panama). 



Chloroceryle superciliosa Cabanis, Jour, fiir Orn., 1862, 256 (C. R. [Ellendorf]). 



Ceryle stictoptera Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XVII, 1892, 139, PI. IV, f. 2 

 (Central America). 



Ceryle superciliosa stictoptera Richmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XVI, 1893, 

 511 (Rio Frio). 



U. S. Nat. Museum: Puntarenas (Alfaro and Cherrie), Bebedero 



(Alfaro). 

 Bangs Collection: Santa Cruz and Bolson (Underwood). 

 Carnegie Museum : Guacimo, El Hogar, Bonilla (Carriker). Three 



skins. 



