Carriker : List of the Birds of Costa Rica. (591 



Bangs Collection: Azahar de Cartago, 9 (Underwood). 



One of the rarest of the flycatchers in Costa Rica, but three skins of 

 which have ever been taken within the limits of that country. The first 

 and type of the species was collected by either Frantzius or Hoffman, lo- 

 cality unknown, and is now probably in the Berlin Museum. The next 

 was taken by J. Carmiol at Barranca, and described by Lawrence as H. 

 super ciliaris, while the third is one in the collection of Mr. Bangs, taken 

 at Escazii, April 25, 1901, by Underwood (9). 



443. Myiodynastes maculatus nobilis (Sclater). 



Myiodynastes nobilis Sclater, P. Z. S., 1859, 42-43 (Santa Marta, Colombia). 

 — Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., IX, 1868. 114 (Barranca [J. Carmiol], San 

 Mateo [Cooper]). — Frantzius, Jour, fur On., 1869, 307 (Costa Rica). — 

 Nutting, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V, 1882, 394 (La Palma de Nicoya). — 

 Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XIV, 1888, 183 (Bebedero [Arce]). 

 Myiodynastes audax (not Muscicapa audax Gmelin) Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac 

 de C. R., I, 1887, 116 (Costa Rica). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Cenrr.-Am., 

 Aves, II, 1889, 49 (Costa Rican references). — Underwood, Ibis, 1896, 438 

 (Miravalles). 

 Myiodynastes maculatus nobilis Ridgway, Birds N. and Mid. Amer., IV, 1907, 

 659 (Costa Rica to Ecuador. — Costa Rica: Barranca, La Palma de Nicoya, 

 Alajuela, San Mateo, San Lucas, Pigres, Bebedero). 

 Myiodynastes audax nobilis Bangs, Auk, XXIV, 1907, 302 (Boruca [Under- 

 wood]). 

 Bangs Collection: Bebedero, Bolson, Pozo Azul de Pirris, Tenorio and 



Coralillo (Underwood). 

 Carnegie Museum: Bebedero, Miravalles, Bagaces, El Pozo de Terraba, 

 Boruca, Buenos Aires (Carriker). Nine skins. 



This form is confined entirely to the western portion of the highlands, 

 or central plateau region, and to the whole of the Pacific slope. It seems 

 to be most abundant in Guanacaste, especially in the Tempisque Valley. 

 It is also the more abundant of the two species of Myiodynastes in the Ter- 

 raba Valley. 



Its habits are the same as those of the following species. 



444. Myiodynastes luteiventris Sclater. 



Myiodynastes luteiventer Cabanis, Jour, fiir Orn.» 1861, 250 (Highlands of Costa 

 Rica [Hoffmann and Frantzius]). 



Myiodynastes luteiventris Sclater, P. Z. S., 1859, 42 (Guatemala ?). — Law- 

 rence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., IX, 1868, 114 (Barranca [J. Carmiol], Turrialba 

 [F. Carmiol], Birris [Zeledon]). — Frantzius, Jour, fiir Orn., 1869, 308 (San 

 Mateo, Cervantes, Barranca, Turrialba). — Boucard, P. Z. S., 1878, 63 



