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tinental divide above Ujurras de Terraba, at which point many of the 

 high mountain forms were taken. 



Family ICTERIME. 

 637. Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Linnaeus). 



[Fringilla] oryzivora Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 179 (based on Avis 

 arundinacece Edwards, Gleanings Nat. Hist, 1758, pi. 291, smaller fig.). 



Dolichonyx oryzivorus Swainson, Zool. Jour., Ill, 1827, 351. — Sclater and 

 Salvin, P. Z. S., 1879, 509 (Costa Rica [Zeledon]). — Sclater, Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus., XI, 1886, 331 (no Costa Rican specimens). — Salvin and Godman, 

 Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, I, 1887, 448 (Costa Rican reference). — Ridgway, 

 Birds N. and Mid. Amer., II, 1902, 370 (Atlantic coast of Central America 

 during migration). 



There are no specimens of the Bobolink in the United States, taken in 

 Costa Rica, but Richmond took it in southeastern Nicaragua in 1892, 

 while a specimen is recorded by Sclater and Salvin as having been taken 

 in Costa Rica by Zeledon. The truth of the matter probably is, that the 

 bird is a very rare and occasional winter visitor to Costa Rica, that country 

 lying outside of the line of migration of the greater part of the birds, 

 which pass to or through the West Indies into South America, and only 

 a very few stragglers get down the Caribbean coast as far as Costa Rica. 



638. Sturnella magna alticola Nelson. 



Sturnella ludoviciana Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., IX, 1868, 104 (San Jose 

 [J. Carmiol]). — Boucard, P. Z. S., 1878, 59 (Cartago). 



Sturnella mexicana Zeledon, Cat. Aves de C. R., 1882, 10 (Costa Rica). 



Sturnella magna mexicana Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. de C. R., I, 1887, 112 (San 

 Jose, Cartago, Alajuela, and Santa Ana). — Cherrie, Auk, VII, 1890, 334 

 (San Jose). 



[Sturnella magna] c. Subsp. mexicana Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XI, 1886, 

 360, part (San Jose [Calleja], Volcan de Irazii [Arce and Rogers]). 



Sturnella magna Underwood, Ibis, 1896, 437 (Miravalles). — Salvin and God- 

 man, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, I, 1887, 456, part (Costa Rican references). 



Sturnella magna inexpectata Ridgway, Birds N. and Mid. Amer., II, 1902, 364, 

 part (Atlantic lowlands of southeastern Mexico, southward through eastern 

 Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Veragua). 



Sturnella magna alticola Nelson, Auk, XVII, 1900, 266 (Ocuilapa, Chiapas, 

 Mexico, Aug. 21, 1895 [Nelson and Goldman]; coll. Biological Survey). 



U. S. Nat. Museum: Guayabo (Ridgway and Zeledon), Bonilla (Ridg- 

 way), Alajuela (Alfaro). 



Bangs Collection: Carrillo, Cerro de Santa Maria, Escazii, San Pedro, 

 San Jose (Underwood). 



