540 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



261. Coeligena hemileuca (Salvin). 



Oreopyra hemileuca Salvin, P. Z. S., 1864, 584 (Tucurriqui and Turrialba [Arce]). 



— Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., IX, 1868, 125 (citation of Salvin's record). 



— Frantzius, Jour, fur Orn., 1869, 316 (Candelaria and Rancho Redondo). 



— Boucard, P. Z. S., 1878, 69 (Juan Vifias, very rare). 



Coeligena hemileuca Elliot, Synop. Troch., 31. — Rtdgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., Ill, 1880, 310 (Costa Rica). — Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. de C. R., I, 

 1887, 121 (Naranjo de Cartago). — Hartert, Tierr., 1900, 115 (Costa Rica). 



Delattria hemileuca Salvin, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XVI, 1892, 311 (Turrialba 

 and Tucurriqui [Arce]).- — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, II, 

 1892, 337 (Costa Rica [Endres, Zeledon, and Alfaro, in U. S. Nat. Mus.]). 



Bangs Collection : La Hondura and Cariblanco de Sarapiqui (Under- 

 wood). 

 C. H. Lankester Collection : Cariblanco de Sarapiqui. 

 Carnegie Museum : La Hondura and Juan Vinas (Carriker). Two 

 skins. 



This species is confined entirely to Costa Rica and occupies the 

 higher portions of the Caribbean watershed in the more northerly 

 part of the country, that is between about 2,000 and 4,000 feet above 

 sea-level. It is not a species of the forest, strictly speaking, but frequents 

 scattered trees in pastures, coffee-plantations, the edges of the forest, 

 etc. It is very fond of the flowers of the " guava " tree. 



262. Oreopyra cinereicauda Lawrence. 



Oreopyra cinereicauda Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., VIII, 1867, 485; IX, 

 1868, 125 (Garcia Collection, no locality). — Boucard, P. Z. S., 1878,68 

 (Navarro, rare). — Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. de C. R., I, 1887, 121 (C. R.). 



— Salvin, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XVI, 1892, 307) Costa Rica [Carmiol]). 



— Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, II, 1892, 333 (Costa Rica). 

 Oreopyra leucaspis cinereicauda Hartert, Tierr., 1900, 117 (Costa Rica). 



U. S. Nat. Museum : El Copey, Las Vueltas, Los Reyes, La Lagu- 



naria and Santa Maria de Dota, thirty-three specimens (Basulto). 

 Bangs Collection : Dota Mountains (Underwood). 

 Carnegie Museum : Escazu, two cP; Ujurras de Terraba, ten specimens 



(Carriker). 



There is no question that O. cinereicauda is a very distinct species 

 and not at all subspecifically related to leucaspis, as given by Hartert 

 (Tierr., 117). 



It is confined to the southwestern portion of Costa Rica and north- 

 western Chiriqui, inhabiting only the higher altitudes, probably not 



