Carriker : List of the Birds of Costa Rica. 517 



mm. Throat not immaculate, either partly black or else 

 mixed with white and greenish or blue. 

 n. Tail strongly forked (outer rectrix 23 mm., inner 

 12); upper throat black, lower white, with 

 green spots. 



Popelairia conversi conversi, 9 • 

 nn. Tail nearly square; throat and breast grayish- 

 white, each feather with a green spot, 

 o. Bill shorter (19 mm.). 



Agyrtria amabilis amabilis, 9- 

 00. Bill longer (21.5 mm.). 



Agyrtria amabilis decora, 9 • 

 II. Tail light bronzy-green (with or without blue subter- 

 minal area), or else white basally and forehead 

 pale sooty. 

 m. Lower parts whitish, without markings. 

 n. Mandible flesh-color, forehead green; no white 

 tail. Agyrtria Candida, $ , 9 • 



nn. Bill black; forehead sooty-gray; tail white at 

 base and tipped with white. 



Microchera parvirostris , 9 • 

 mm. Lower parts not immaculate whitish. 



n. Throat and breast dark shining green, feathers 

 edged with white; abdomen white; tail with 

 large blue subterminal area. 



Florisuga mellivora, 9 • 

 nn. Lower parts white, except sides of throat and 

 chin, which are marked with green spots; no 

 blue subterminal area on tail. 



Cceligena hemileuca, 9 • 



226. Doryfera veraguensis Salvin. 



Doryfera veraguensis Salvin, P. Z. S., 1867, 154 (Cordillera de Tole [Arce]). — 



Hartert, Tierr., 1900, 11 (C. R.). ( 



Doryfera ludovicioe Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., IX, 1868, 121 (Cervantes 



[J. Carmiol]). 

 Hemistephania veraguensis Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Ill, 1880, 313 (Costa 



Rica). — Salvin, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XVI, 1892, 40 (Irazu [Rogers], C. R. 



[Endres]). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, II, 1892, 253 



(Costa Rica and Panama). 



Bangs Collection: La Hondura (Underwood). 



C. H. Lankester Collection : Cariblanco de Sarapiqui. 



Carnegie Museum: La Hondura, three specimens (Carriker). 



This is rather a rare bird in Costa Rica and seems to be confined 

 entirely to the higher parts of the Caribbean water-shed, at an altitude 



