536 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



This species is confined entirely to Costa Rica and thus far has been 

 taken only on the Caribbean watershed between the altitudes of about 

 1,500 and 3,000 feet. The type of the species, however, was 

 described by Lawrence from a specimen labelled Barranca. I do not 

 believe this could have been the Barranca near Puntarenas, but rather 

 the locality where Frantzius collected, and which he describes as 

 having a cool climate, and which is very likely some point on the 

 slopes of the Volcanoes Poas or Barba. 



On the Pacific side of the country this species is replaced by the 

 preceding, E. chiomira, and, while it is possible that the type was 

 collected at Barranca de Puntarenas, it is not at all probable, since 

 conditions are so different there. 



255. Chalybura melanorrhoa Salvin. 



Chalybura melanorrhoa Salvin, P. Z. S., 1864, 584 (Tucurriqui [Arcel). — Law- 

 rence, Ann. Lye. X. Y., I X. 1868, 122 (Angostura and Pacuare [J. Carmiol]). 

 — Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Xat. Mus., Ill, 1880, 311 (Costa Rica). — Zeledon, 

 An. Mus. Xac. de C. R., I, 1887 (Jimenez). — Hartert, Tierr., 1900, 93 

 (Costa Rica and Xicaragua). 



Hypuroptila melanorrhoa Salvin. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XVI, 1892, 90 Tucur- 

 riqui and Turrialba [Arce]). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am.. Aves, 

 II, 1892, 276 (Talamanca [Zeledon, in U. S. Xat. Mus.]). 



Chalybura carmioli Lawrence, Proc. Acad. Xat. Sci. Phila., 1865, 37 (Angostura 

 [J. Carmiol]). 



U. S. Xat. Museum : Bonilla (Ridgway) (Basulto), Jimenez (Alfaro). 

 Bangs Collection : La Junta, Juan Vinas, Tucurriqui (Underwood). 

 C. H. Lankester Collection : Siquirres. 

 Carnegie Museum : Guapiles (Carriker & Crawford); Cuabre, El 



Hogar, Rio Sicsola (Carriker). Twenty-three skins. 



This species is found only on the Caribbean lowlands, ranging from 

 Chiriqui northward into Xicaragua and at an elevation of from sea-level 

 up to 2,000 feet, but most abundantly in the lowlands, below 1,000 

 feet. It is an inhabitant of the dense forest, being also greatly attracted 

 by the flowers of the "wild plantain." I found them very abundant 

 in the extreme southeastern part of Costa Rica, along the Sicsola river, 

 where one would expect to get C. isaura also, but although I collected 

 a large series of them there, no specimen of C. isaurcz was taken. 



