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Caribbean, not often being found higher than 3,000 feet, and much more 

 abundantly below 1,500 feet. It occurs in wet meadows, bushy pastures, 

 and even in open woodland, usually keeping well hidden in the grass or 

 low vegetation. 



604. Geothlypis trichas brachidactyla (Swainson). 



Geothlypis trichas Cabanis, Jour, fur Orn., 1861, 84 (Costa Rica [Frantzius]). 



— Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y. IX, 1868, 94 (reference to Cabanis' record). 



— Frantzius, Jour, fur Orn., 1869, 293 (San Jose, August; rare in Costa 

 Rica). — Boucard, P. Z. S., 1878, 52 (San Jose and Cartago). — Salvin 

 and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, I, 1881, 150 (Costa Rican references). 



— Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., X, 1885, 351, pi. 9, fig. 1 (no Costa Rican 

 specimens). — Cherrie, Auk, VII, 1890, 336 (San Jose, April 29; no fall 

 records); IX, 1892, 21 (San Jose; only five taken in three yeats). 



Trichas brachidactylus Swainson, Anim. in Menag., 1838, 295 (" northern 

 provinces of the United States "). 



Geothlypis trichas brachidactyla Palmer, Auk, XVII, 1900, 221 (crit.). — Ridg- 

 way, Birds N. and Mid. Amer., II, 1902, 664 (northeastern U. S. and south- 

 eastern British Provinces, south in winter to the Bahamas, West Indies, 

 Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica: Rio Frio, San Jose, Cartago). 



I did not secure specimens of the Northern Yellow-throat in Costa Rica, 

 nor has Mr. Bangs any from Underwood's collection. From what Mr. 

 Cherrie says (but five birds taken in three years) it must be a very rare 

 winter visitor so far south as Costa Rica, and when it does get that far, 

 probably remains in the highlands. 



605. Seiurus noveboracensis noveboracensis (Gmelin). 



Siurus ncevius Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., X, 1885, 343, 652, part (no Costa 

 Rica references). 



Seiurus noveboracensis Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., IX, 1868, 94 (San Jose 

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

 293 (San Jose, Oct. and Nov.; Angostura, March 13). — Cherrie, Auk, VII, 

 1890, 336 (San Jose, Sept. 14 to May 21); IX, 1892, 21 (San Jose, Sept. 15 

 to May 30, twenty specimens); Expl. Zool. en C. R., 1891-2, 1893, 13 (Bo- 

 ruca, one specimen). — Underwood, Ibis, 1896, 434 (Miravalles). 



Siurus noveboracensis Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aver, I, 1881, 145 

 (Costa Rican references). — Boucard, P. Z. S., 1878, 51 (San Jose, March). 



Henicocichla noveboracensis Cabanis, Jour, fur Orn., i860, 324 (Costa Rica 

 [Frantzius]). 



Seiurus noveboracensis noveboracensis Ridgway, Birds N. and Mid. Amer., II, 

 1902, 642. (Eastern North America, south in winter through the West Indies 

 • and eastern coastal districts of Central America to Colombia). — Bangs, Auk, 

 XXIV, 1907, 306 (El Pozo de Terraba, April 8, 1906 [Underwood]). 



Bangs Collection: Bolson, Dec. 28, 29, 1908; Boruca, Apr. 8, 1906 (Under- 

 wood). 



