530 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



feeding at the flowers and perching on the trees, and will drive away 



every other species of hummingbird which may come to feed. I never 



saw so small a creature exhibit such apparent rage as they do on some 



occasions. 



244. Amizilis cinnamomea (Lesson). 



Ornismya cinnamomea Lesson, Rev. Zool., 1842, 175. 



Amazilia cinnamomea Salvin, Ibis, 1870, 115 (Costa Rica); Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus., XVI, 1892, 207 (Costa Rica, [Carmiol]). — Boucard. P. Z. S., 1878, 71 

 (San Mateo and Puntarenas). — Zeledon, An, Mus. Nac. de C. R., I. 1887, 

 122 (C. R.). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, II, 1892, 293 

 (Mexico to Costa Rica). — Underwood, Ibis, 1896, 441 (Miravalles). — 

 Hartert, Tierr., 1900, 61 (Mexico to Costa Rica). 



Amizilis cinnamomea Oberholser, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1899, 207 

 (critical) — Bangs, Auk, XXIV, 1907, 295 (Barranca de Puntarenas [Un- 

 derwood]). 



U. S. Nat. Museum : Santo Domingo de San Mateo (Ridgway), San 



Lucas (Cherrie and Alfaro). 

 Bangs Collection : Miravalles and Bebedero (Underwood). 

 C. H. Lankester Collection : Alajuela and Bebedero. 

 Carnegie Museum : Bebedero, Esparta, Bagaces, Miravalles (Carriker). 



Ten skins. 



The range of the present species is rather restricted in Costa Rica, 



it being confined entirely to the Pacific lowlands of the northwestern 



portion of the country, in fact the only places from which we have 



records of its occurrence are those situated around the upper portion 



of the Gulf of Nicoya and up the Valley of the Tempisque River. I* 



does not go higher than about 1,500 feet, occasionally being taken at 



San Mateo and in the surrounding district. The bird is seldom met 



with in any other situation than very open woodland, bushy pastures, 



and second-growth scrub, as a rule perching not very high above the 



ground. 



246. Hylocharis eliciae (Bourcier and Mulsant). 



Trochilus elicice Bourcier and Mulsant, Ann. Sc. Phys. et Nat. Lyon, I X, 314. 



Chrysuronia elicice Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., IX, 1868, 128 (Costa Rica 

 [Endres]). — Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. de C. R., I, 1887, 122 (C. R.). — 

 Cherrie, Expl. Zool. en C. R., 1891-2, 1893, 44 (Lagarto and Boruca). — 

 Salvin, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XVI, 1892, 251 (Costa Rica [Endres]). — 

 Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, II, 1892, 311 (Guatemala to 

 Panama). 



Hylocharis elicice Hartert, Tierr.. 1900, 68 (Guatemala to Panama). — Bangs, 

 Auk, XXIV, 1907, 295 (Boruca and El Pozo de Terraba [Underwood]). 



