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Jimenez, January 12, 1890,. which was very probably the second speci- 

 men of the species ever taken. The only other specimens in this country 

 are the three in Mr. Bangs' collection and the one in the Field Museum. 

 I do not know whether Underwood ever sent any specimens of it to 

 the Tring Museum in England or not, but it is very probable that he 

 did not. It is confined chiefly to the lower portion of the Caribbean 

 slopes up to about 2,000 feet, and is found only in the heavy, humid 

 forest. Its occurrence at Miravalles is very unusual, but since the con- 

 tinental divide at that point is rather low, the bird very probably 

 crossed over from the eastern slope. 



425. Laniocera rufescens (Sclater.) 



Lipaugus rufescens Sclater, P. Z. S., 1857, 276 (Coban, Guatemala). — Sclater 

 and Salvin, Exotic Orn., pt. I, 1866, 5, 6, pi. 3. — Lawrence, Ann. Lye. 

 N. Y., IX, 1868, 116 (Barranca [F. Carmiol], Tucurriqui [Zeledon]). — ■ 

 Frantzius, Jour, fur Orn., 1869, 309 (Costa Rica). 



Aulia rufescens Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. de C. R., I, 1887, 118 (Pozo Azul de 

 Pirris). — Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XIV, 1888, 355 (no Costa Rican 

 record). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, II, 1891, 130 (Costa 

 Rican references). — Underwood, Ibis, 1896, 439 (Miravalles). 



Laniocera rufescens Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., X, 1888, 589 (Honduras; 

 critical); Birds N. and Mid. Amer., IV, 1907, 765 (Guatemala to north- 

 western Ecuador. — Costa Rica: Sipurio, Tucurriqui, Barranca, Talamanca, 

 Bonilla, Cariblanco de Sarapiqui, and Volcan de Miravalles). 



Bangs Collection: Cariblanco de Sarapiqui, Sept. 2, 1899, ? ; La 



Vijagua, Feb. 14 to March 8, 1908, two cT's and 9 (Underwood). 



This is another of the extraordinarily rare birds of Costa Rica, 



as well as throughout its large range. Little or nothing is known of 



its habits, more than that it is a bird of the forest. I was not able to 



secure specimens of it, nor have I ever, to my knowledge, seen it in 



life. 



426. Scotothorus verae-pacis (Sclater). 



Heteropelma verce-pacis Sclater, P. Z. S., i860, 300 (Choctum, Vera Paz, Guate- 

 mala). — Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., IX, 1868, 116 (Angostura and Cer- 

 vantes [J. Carmiol]). — Frantzius, Jour, fur Orn., 1869, 309 (Angostura, 

 Turrialba and Tucurriqui). — Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. de C. R., I, 1887, 

 118 (Angostura and Jimenez). — Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XIV, 

 1888, 320 (Valsa and Angostura [Carmiol]). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. 

 Centr.-Am., Aves, II, 1890, 116 (Costa Rican references). — Cherrie, Expl. 

 Zool. en C. R., 1890-1, 1893, 36 (Palmar and Boruca). — Underwood, Ibis, 

 1896, 439 (Miravalles). 



Scotothorus Oberholser, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1899, 208 (new name 

 for Heteropelma). 



