538 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



258. Colibri cyanotus cabanidis (Heine). 



Petasophora cabanidis Heine, Jour, ftir Orn., 1863, 182. 



Petasophora cabanisi Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., IX, 1868, 126 (name proposed 

 for Costa Rican form of P. cyanotus). 



Petasophora cyanotis Cabanis, Jour, fiir Orn., 1863, 162 (C. R. [Frantzius]). — 

 Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., I X, 1868, 125 (Barranca and Dota [J. Carmiol], 

 Cartago [Cooper]). — Frantzius, Jour, fiir Orn., 1869, 317 (Slopes of Irazu, 

 Los Tabaeales, Cartago, and DotaMts.). — Boucard, P. Z. S., 1878, 69 (Volcan 

 de Irazu, 8000 feet, common). — Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Ill, 1880, 

 311 (Costa Rica); V, 1882, 500 (San Jose [Nutting]). — Zeledon, An. Mus, 

 Nac. de C. R., I, 1887, 121 (Faldas de Irazu). — Salvin, Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus., XVI, 1892, no (Orosi [Kramer], Irazii [Rogers]). — Salvin and 

 Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, II, 1892, 282 (Las Cruces de Candelaria 

 [Zeledon]). 



Colibri cyanotus Hartert, Tierr., 1900, 94 (Costa Rica into S. A.). 



Petasophora cyanotus cabanidis Bangs, Proc. N. Eng. Zool. Club, III, 1902, 30 

 (Chiriqui). 



U. S. Nat. Museum: Volcan de Turrialba (Ridgway and Zeledon), 

 San juan de Irazu (Ridgway), El Copey de Dota (Basulto), La 

 Estrella de Cartago and Volcan de Irazu (Cherrie). 

 Bangs Collection : La Candelaria, Volcan de Irazu, Escazu (Under- 

 wood). 

 Carnegie Museum : Volcan de Irazu, Volcan de Turrialba, La Estrella 

 de Cartago (Carriker). Eight skins. 



Mr. Bangs tells me that he and Mr. Ridgway went very carefully 

 over a large series of specimens from South America, Costa Rica, and 

 Chiriqui, and that the birds from the latter two regions are quite dis- 

 tinct from the South American and Mexican specimens, as has been 

 pointed out both by Cabanis and Lawrence, but not recognized by 

 writers since that time. 



Confined to the mountains of the interior, rising above the general 

 level of the central plateau, that is from about 5,000 feet up to timber- 

 line on the volcanoes. It is generally confined to the forests, but is 

 also abundant in the pastures among the scattered trees and in the 

 shrubbery along the edges of the forest. 



259. Anthracothorax prevosti prevosti (Lesson). 



Trochilus prevosti Lesson, Hist. Nat. Col., 87, pi. 24. 



Lampornis prevosti Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., I X, 1868, 121 (Gulf of Nicoya 



[Coll. O. Salvin]). — Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. de C. R., I, 1887, 121 (C. R.). 



— Salvin, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XVI, 1892, 98 (Bebedero [Arce], C. R. 



[Endres]). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, II, 1892, 278 (Mex- 



