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is always found in pairs. It has a characteristic note which can be 

 heard for some little distance in the forest and by which the birds are 

 easily located. 



670. Lanio leucothorax Salvin. 



Lanio leucothorax Salvin, P. Z. S., 1864, 581 (Tucurriqui, Costa Rica [Arce]; 

 coll. Salvin and Godman). — Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1865, 169 

 (Angostura and Tucurriqui [Carmiol]). — Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., IX, 

 1868, 100 (Tucurriqui, Angostura, and Pacuare [J. Carmiol]). — Frantzius, 

 Jour, fur Orn., 1869, 299 (Costa Rica). — Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 VI, 1883, 412 (Angostura and Tucurriqui [J. Carmiol]). — Salvin and God- 

 man, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, I, 1883, 305 (Costa Rican references). — Sclater, 

 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XI, 1886, 203 (Angostura [Carmiol], Tucurriqui [Arce]). 

 — Ridgway, Birds N. and Mid. Amer., II, 1902, 124 (eastern Nicaragua to 

 central Costa Rica: Angostura, Tucurriqui, and Pacuare). 



Bangs Collection: La Vijagua, February and March, 1908, twenty skins; 



Carrillo, small series (Underwood). 



It appears that this bird is very local. Previous to Underwood's trip 

 to La Vijagua in 1908, there were very few specimens in existence from 

 Costa Rica, certainly not more than a dozen, and practically all of these 

 came from the valleys of the Reventazon or Pacuare Rivers. It is evi- 

 dently commoner farther north, at least in the vicinity of La Vijagua. 

 From the evidence at hand, the range of the species in Costa Rica covers 

 the Caribbean slope from about 1,200 feet up to 2,500 feet, with the centre 

 of greatest abundance in the northern part of the country. There are 

 no records of capture south of the Pacuare River, but the bird undoubtedly 

 occurs in eastern Talamanca in small numbers. It is exclusively an in- 

 habitant of the heavy virgin forest, which it never leaves, seeking out 

 the dark damp portions, especially along creeks. It has a characteristic 

 tanager-like note, but is inclined to be quiet. 



671. Phlogothraupis sanguinolenta aprica Bangs. 



Tanagra (Tachyphonus) sanguinolenta Lesson, Cent. Zool., 1830, 107, pi. 39 

 (Mexico). 



Ramphocelus sanguinolentus Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., IX, 1868, 99 (Navarro 

 [Cooper], Angostura [Carmiol]). — Frantzius, Jour, fur Orn., 1869, 299 (same 

 localities as Ramphocelus passerinii, but a much rarer bird). 



Phlogothraupis sanguinolenta Boucard, P. Z. S., 1878, 55 (Orosi).— Salvin and 

 Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, I, 1883, 285, part (Costa Rican references). 

 - — Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XI, 1886, 178, part (Angostura [Carmiol], 

 Navarro [Cooper], Tucurriqui [Arce]). — Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. de C. R., 

 I, 1887, 109 (Cartago and Navarro). — Richmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 



