722 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, II, 1888, 18, PI. 36, fig. 2 

 (Panama). — Ridgway, Birds N. and Mid. Amer., IV, 1907, 411 (Panama). 



U. S. Nat. Museum: Guayabo, March 29, 1908, 9 (Ridgway). 



This bird was taken first by Arce at Chitra and afterwards at Calovevora, 

 Panama, where he secured but two specimens. I do not believe that any 

 others have since been taken by any collector, previous to Mr. Ridgway's 

 discovery of the species in Costa Rica at Guayabo in 1908. Nothing, of 

 course, is known concerning the habits or range of the species, more than 

 that it was taken in the forest. 



491. Tyranniscus vilissimus parvus (Lawrence). 



Tyranniscus parvus Lawrence, Ibis, 1862, 12 (Panama); Ann. Lye. N. Y., IX, 

 1868, 112 (Turrialba [Arce]). — Salvin, P. Z. S., 1867, 147 (Turrialba [Arce]); 

 Ibis, 1869, 315, in text (crit.). — Frantzius, Jour, fur Orn., 1869, 307 (Costa 

 Rica). — Boucard, P. Z. S., 1878, 63 (Navarro). — Ridgway, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., VI, 1883, 414 (Pozo Azul de Pirris [Juan Zeledon, 1882]).— 

 Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XIV, 1888, 132 (Angostura [Carmiol], Tur- 

 rialba [Arce]). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, II, 1888, 33 

 (Costa Rican references). — Cherrie, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIV, 1891, 

 535 (Costa Rica; crit.); Expl. Zool. en C. R., 1 890-1, 1893, 32 (Boruca and 

 Buenos Aires); Auk, IX, 1892, 250 (San Jose, one specimen). 



Tyranniscus vilissimus (not Elainea vilissimus Sclater) Lawrence, Ann. Lye. 

 N. Y., IX, 1868, in (Angostura and Dota [J. Carmiol], Turrialba and Bar- 

 ranca [F. Carmiol]). — Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. de C. R., I, 1887, 116 (Na- 

 ranjo de Cartago, Pozo Azul de Pirris, Angostura). 



Tyranniscus vilissimus Frantzius, Jour, fur Orn., 1869, 307 (Costa Rica). 



Tyranniscus vilissimus parvus Ridgway, Birds N. and Mid. Amer., IV, 1907, 

 408 (Nicaragua to Panama; — Costa Rica: Turrialba, Angostura, Bonilla, 

 Carrillo, Jimenez, Barranca, Dota, Guayabal, Cariblanco de Sarapiqui, 

 Azahar de Cartago, Pozo Aziil de Pirris). — Bangs, Auk, XXIV, 1907, 301 

 (Boruca, Paso Real, and El Pozo de Terraba [Underwood]). 



U. S. Nat. Museum: Guayabo (Ridgway and Zeledon) ; Bonilla, El Copey, 



and Santa Maria de Dota (Basulto). 

 Bangs Collection: Pozo Azul de Pirris, Cariblanco de Sarapiqui, Azahar 



de Cartago, Carrillo, El General and Buenos Aires de Terraba, Tenorio, 



Bolson (Underwood). 

 C. H. Lankester Collection: Cachi and El Hogar. 

 Carnegie Museum: Guapiles, Guacimo, El Hogar, Boruca, Buenos Aires, 



Peralta (Carriker). Fifteen skins. 



This little flycatcher is found in practically all portions of the country 

 from near sea-level up to 4,000 or 5,000 feet. It is very scarce below about 

 600 feet and above 3,000 feet, its zone of greatest abundance being between 

 800 and 2,000 feet. 



