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below 6,000 feet. Basulto found it very abundant in the Dota Moun- 

 tains, and in fact almost all the specimens of the species which have 

 been collected have come from that region, Boucard taking but one 

 bird at Navarro, which lies southeast of Cartago. I found it fairly 

 common near the tops of the mountains above Ujurras de Terraba. It 

 is strictly an inhabitant of forests, seldom, if ever, leaving the cool 

 dark depths of the moisture-laden jungles of that region. 



263. Oreopyra castaneiventris calolaema (Salvin). 



Oreopyra calolcema Salvin, P. Z. S. ( 1864, 584 (Volcan de Cartago [Arce]). — 

 Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., IX, 1868, 125 (Rancho Redondo [J. Carmiol.], 

 Las Cruces de Candelaria (Zeledon]). — Frantzius, Jour, fur Orn., 1869, 316 

 (La Candelaria). — Boucard, P. Z. S., 1878, 69 (Juan Vifias, Navarro, 

 Rancho Redondo). — Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Ill, 1880, 310 (Costa 

 Rica); V, 1882, 500 (San Jose, purchased [Nutting]). — Salvin, Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus., XVI, 1892, 307 (Vol. de Irazu [Rogers and Arce]). — Salvin and 

 Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, II, 1892, 333 (Peorsnada and Las Cruces de 

 Candelaria [Zeledon]). — Hartert, Tierr., 1900, 117 (Costa Rica and western 

 Andes from Panama). 



Oreopyra venusta Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., VIII, 1867, 484 (Garcia Collection 

 from C R.). 



Anthocephala castaneiventris Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., IX, 1868, 124 (La 

 Candelaria [Frantzius], San Jose [J. Carmiol], Irazu [Cooper]). — Frantzius, 

 Jour, fur Orn., 1869, 316 (Rancho Redondo). 



Panterpe insignis Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., VIII, 1866, 45 (female of O. c. 

 calolcema described as the female of P. insignis). 



Oreopyra pectoralis Salvin, Ann. & Mag. of N. H., VII, 1891, 377 (Costa Rica 

 [Endres]); Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XVI, 1892, 308 and 664 (Costa Rica 

 [Endres]). 



Oreopyra calolcema pectoralis Hartert, Tierr., 1900, 117 (Costa Rica). 



Oreopyra castaneiventris calolcema Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XIX, 1906, 

 105 (critical). 



U. S. Nat. Museum : Coliblanco (Ridgway and Zeledon), El Copey 



de Dota (Basulto), Irazu (Alfaro), Cartago (Alfaro). 

 Bangs Collection : Azahar de Cartago, Volcan de Irazu, Candelaria 



Mts., Escazu (Underwood). 

 C. H. Lankester Collection : Vara Blanca de Sarapiqui. 

 Carnegie Museum : Escazu, five c? and one $ ; La Hondura, two tf 



and one 9 ; Juan Vifias, one $ (Carriker). Ten skins. 



The genus Oreopyra has always been a puzzling one, and many 

 attempts have been made to straighten out the status of the different 

 species, with more or less success, but the arrangement made by Mr. 



