628 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



concerning its habits. Considering the location of the various places 

 where specimens are known to have been taken, I should say that the 

 bird had about the same range in Costa Rica as Fonnicarius castaneiceps, 

 that is upon the higher portions of the Caribbean watershed, from 

 about 1,500 feet up to perhaps 4,000 feet. It inhabits the most 

 tangled jungles, is probably strictly terrestrial, and very solitary in its 

 habits. I have never heard any call which could be attributed to this 

 species, although it very probably has one. The specimen which I 

 secured at Juan Vinas was taken in a rat-trap set beside a small creek in 

 the forest for water opossums, so that I never saw the bird alive. 



364. Hylopezus dives (Salvin). 



Grallaria dives Salvin, P. Z. S., 1864, 582 (Tucurriqui, Costa Rica [Arce]). — 

 Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., IX, 1868, no (Tucurriqui [Arce]). — Zeledon, 

 An. Mus. Nac. de C. R., I, 1887, 115 (Costa Rica). — Sclater, Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus., XV, 1890, 323 (Tucurriqui, two skins, types [Arce]). — Cherrie, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIV, 1891, 534 (description of a young bird; Costa 

 Rica). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, II, 1892, 243 (Costa 

 Rican references). 



Hylopezus Ridgway, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XXII, 1909, 71 (type, Gral- 

 laria perspicillata Lawrence). 



U. S. Nat. Museum: Jimenez (Alfaro), c?juv., Aug., 1889. 



Bangs Collection : La Vijagua, Feb. 19, 1908, $ (Underwood). 



Carnegie Museum : Guacimo, Dec. 4, 1903, o' (Carriker). 



The type of this rare bird was taken at Tucurriqui by Arce, in 1863, 

 when two specimens were secured. No others were taken in Costa 

 Rica (but several in eastern Nicaragua) until 1889, when Alfaro 

 secured an immature male at Jimenez, which was described by Mr. 

 Cherrie (see reference cited above). I know of no other specimens 

 which have been taken in Costa Rica besides the one taken in 1908 

 by Underwood and the single male which I secured at Guacimo. 



The range of this species covers the lower foothills of the Car- 

 ibbean slope in Costa Rica and Nicaragua, from about 1,000 to 2,500 

 feet. Like the other species of the genus, it is found in the heavy 

 forest and is almost entirely terrestrial in its habits. Its call is 

 probably similar to the other two closely related species found in 

 Costa Rica. 



365. Hylopezus intermedius (Ridgway). 



Grallaria perspicillata Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y.. IX, no (Angoitura [J. 

 Carmiol]). — Boucard, P. Z. S., 1878, 62 (San Carlos). — Sclater, Cat. 

 Birds Brit. Mus., XV, 1890, 325 (Valsa fCarmioll). 



