840 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



Chlorospingus regionalis Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., XIX, 1906, 112 (Cari- 

 blanco de Sarapiqui [C. F. Underwood]; coll. E. A. and O. Bangs). 



U. S. Nat. Museum: Coliblanco and Guayabo (Ridgway and Zeledon), 

 Cedral de Asseri, Juan Vinas (Underwood), La Estrella de Cartago 

 (Zeledon), Azahar de Cartago (Alfaro), Buena Vista (Castro and Fer- 

 nandez). 

 Bangs Collection: Cerro de Santa Maria, Volcan de Irazu, Cariblanco 

 de Sarapiqui, Azahar de Cartago, Carrillo, La Hondura (Underwood). 

 Carnegie Museum: Volcan de Irazu, La Hondura (Carriker), twenty-four 

 skins; El Coronel, Cariblanco de Sarapiqui, and Azahar de Cartago 

 (Underwood), four skins. 



This common Costa Rican Chlorospingus, known so long under the 

 name of albitemporalis, was separated from C. albitempora (Lafresnaye) 

 by Mr. Bangs and given specific rank. 



It is true that it is very different from C. albitempora (Lafr.), differing 

 from it in nearly the same manner as does C. novicius Bangs, but we find 

 a very close relative to it in novicius of southern Costa Rica and Chiriqui, 

 from which it is only subspecifically distinct. This form may be dis- 

 tinguished from C. n. novicius at a glance by the dark color of the olive 

 band across the chest, which in that form is bright yellowish-olive. 



The range of this form takes in all of the highlands and mountains of 

 Costa Rica with the exception of the extreme southern part of the country, 

 where it is replaced by C. n. novicius of Chiriqui and Panama. The bird 

 descends to at least 1,200 feet on the Caribbean slope, ranging from that 

 altitude up to 8,000 or 9,000 feet, where it meets the two forms C. 

 pileatus and C. zeledoni of the higher elevations. On the Pacific slope 

 the bird is wanting below 5,000 feet, in fact it is not common on the western 

 side of the plateau region, preferring the cooler, more humid forests of the 

 eastern side of the country. 



It is a bird of the forest, not being found outside of it, and associates 

 in small bands, which go roaming about through the forest in search of 

 food, continuously uttering their soft musical notes. As a rule they do 

 not go up very high in the trees, preferring the low limbs and shrubbery. 

 They are very tame and unsuspicious, allowing themselves to be closely 

 approached before taking alarm. 



659. Chlorothraupis carmioli (Lawrence). 



Phcenicothraupis carmioli Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., IX, 1868, 100 (Angos- 

 tura, Costa Rica, March 11, 1865 [F. Carmiol]; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.). — 

 Salvin, Ibis, 1869, 313 (crit.). — Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VI, 411 



