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Centr.-Am., Aves, I, 1883, 287. — Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XI, 1886, 

 188 (Irazu [Rogers]). 

 Piranga erythromelas Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. de C. R., I, 1887, 109 (Cartago, 

 Naranjo de Cartago, Esparta). — Richmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XVI, 

 1893, 490 (Rio Frio). — Ridgway, Birds N. and Mid. Amer., II, 1902, 88 

 (eastern United States, south in winter through Central America, the West 

 Indies, and into northern South America). 



U. S. Nat. Museum: Bonilla, April, 1908, two males (Basulto). 



A rare winter visitor to Costa Rica, where it is almost if not wholly 

 confined to the highlands. 



679. Piranga testacea testacea Sclater and Salvin. 



Pyranga testacea Sclater and Salvin, P. Z. S., 1868, 388 (Chitra, Veragua; 

 coll. Salvin and Godman). — Ridgway, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1869, 

 !33> part (Angostura, Costa Rica). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., 

 Aves, I, 1883, 292, pi. 19, fig. 1 and 2 (Costa Rica [Van Patten]). — Sclater, 

 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XI, 1886, 184, part (Costa Rican references). 



Piranga testacea Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. de C. R., I, 1887, no (Pozo Azul de 

 Pirris, Naranjo de Cartago, Cartago). 



Piranga testacea testacea Ridgway, Birds N. and Mid. Amer., II, 1902, 86 (Nic- 

 aragua to Colombia). — Bangs, Auk, XXIV, 1907, 309 (Boruca and Paso 

 Real [Underwood]). 



Bangs Collection: Cerro de Santa Maria, La Vijagua, Cariblanco de Sara- 



piqui (Underwood). 

 Carnegie Museum: La Hondura, three 9 's (Carriker). 



This Piranga ranges over the upper Caribbean slopes (above 2,000 

 feet), the central plateau (up to about 5,000 ft.), and the Pacific slope 

 and lowlands, more especially the southwestern portion. It is a rare bird 

 everywhere in Costa Rica, and few are in collections from that country. 

 The birds are very hard to collect, alw r ays keeping high up in the trees, 

 and are everywhere hard to approach. They seldom leave the heavy 

 forest. On several occasions I heard their notes in the vicinity of Boruca, 

 but was never able to locate them. 



680. Piranga rubra rubra (Linnaeus). 



(Fringilla) rubra Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I, 1758, 181 (based on Summer 

 Redbird, Muscicapa rubra Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carolina, I, 56, pi. 56). 



Piranga rubra Vieillot, Ois. Am., I, 1807, p. iv. — Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. de 

 C. R., I, 1887, no (San Jose, Jimenez, San Mateo, Alajuela, El Zarcero de 

 Alajuela). — Cherrie, Auk, IX, 1892, 25 (San Jose; Oct. 7 to Jan. 10); Expl. 

 Zool. en C. R., 1891-2, 1893 (Boruca, Terraba, Lagarto). — Underwood, 

 Ibis, 1896, 435 (Miravalles). 



