534 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



Costa Rican females may be distinguished by the much greater 

 amount of green and dusky on the breast and abdomen. 



The bird is found over the whole of the lowlands of both the Car- 

 ibbean and Pacific slopes, and even extends up to 3,000 feet or more on 

 the eastern slope. It appears to be more abundant in southern Costa 

 Rica (on both sides) than in the north, although it is quite numerous 

 in the Santa Clara Valley (Caribbean). It is a bird of the forest, 

 scarcely ever leaving it, and feeds extensively on the flowers of the 

 " wild plantain." 



251. Eupherusa egregia Sclater and Salvin. 



Eupherusa egregia Sclater & Salvin, P. Z. S., 1868, 389 (Volcan de Chiriqui, 

 Panama). — Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., IX, 1868, 146 (critical). — ■ 

 Boucard, P. Z. S., 1878, 71 (Navarro). — Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 Ill, 1880, 318 (Costa Rica). — Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. de C. R., I, 1887, 

 122 (Cervantes de Cartago). — Salvin, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XVI, 1892, 

 73 (Costa Rica [Carmiol and Endres]). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.- 

 Arn., Aves, II, 1892, 272 (Costa Rica and Chiriqui). — Hartert, Tierr., 1900 

 89 (Costa Rica and Panama). 



Eupherusa eximia Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., IX, 1868, 127 (Cervantes and 

 Barranca [J. Carmiol]). 



U. S. Nat. Museum : Santa Maria de Dota (Basulto), Irazu (Lizano). 



Bangs Collection : Azahar de Cartago and Barba (Underwood). 



Fleming Collection : Dota Mountains (Underwood). 



Carnegie Museum : Juan Vinas and Ujurras de Terraba (Carriker). 



Five skins. 



Restricted to the higher portions of the Caribbean slope and the 

 high mountains of southwestern Costa Rica, where humid conditions 

 are found similar to those present on the Caribbean slope. I found 

 them at Juan Vinas in May, feeding on the blossoms of a mountain 

 species of "wild plantain." It is entirely a woodland bird, rarely 

 coming to the edge of the forest to feed on the flowers there. It is 

 not a common bird even in the most favored localities and one not 

 always taken by collectors. 



252. Elvira nigriventris (Lawrence). 



Eupherusa nigriventris Lawrence, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1867, 232 (Costa 

 Rica [Endres]); Ann. Lye. N. Y., IX, 1868, 127 (C. R. [Endres]).— Salvin 

 and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, II, 1892, PI. LVII, fig. 3 ( $ ), 4 ( $ ). 



Callipharus nigriventris Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Ill, 1880, 318 (Costa 

 Rica). — Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. de C. R., I, 1887, 122 (Naranjo de Car- 



