Carriker : List of the Birds of Costa Rica. 869 



695. Euphonia minuta humilis (Cabanis). 



Phonasca humilis Cabanis, Jour, fur Orn., i860, 334 (Costa Rica [Frantzius]; 

 roll. Berlin Mus.). 



Acroleptes humilis Cabanis, Jour, fiir Orn., 1861, 89 (Costa Rica; critical). 



Euphonia humilis Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., IX, 1868, 98 (Costa Rica, fide 

 Cabanis).— Frantzius, Jour, fiir Orn., 1869, 297 (Costa Rica). 



Euphonia minuta Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, I, 1883, 258, 

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

 71, part (Costa Rica [Van Patten]). — Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. de C. R., I, 

 1887, 109 (San Jose). — Cherrie, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIV, 1891, 531 

 (Costa Rica; crit.); Auk, IX, 1892, 25 (San Jose, not uncommon). 



Euphonia minuta humilis Ridgway, Birds N. and Mid. Amer., II, 1902, 23 

 (Guatemala to Isthmus of Panama). —Bangs, Auk, XXIV, 1907, 308 (Boruca 

 [Underwood]). 



U. S. Nat. Museum: San Jose. 



Bangs Collection: San Jose, Pozo Azul de Pirris, Escazu, Volcan de Irazu 



(Underwood). 

 Carnegie Museum: Carrillo, San Miguel, San Sebastian, El Hogar, Boruca, 



and Pozo Azul de Pirris (Carriker). Seventeen skins. 



"The series examined indicates quite clearly that the fully adult plumage 

 is not assumed until the first postnuptial moult, as in E. luteicapilla and 

 probably other species of the genus." (W. E. C. Todd.) 



This is the most abundant of the Euphonice on the Caribbean slope, 

 although perhaps not so common as some other species of the Pacific. 

 Its range covers practically the whole of the country from near sea-level 

 up to about 5,000 feet, although it is not often seen below 700 feet on the 

 Caribbean side. It is very probable that the birds breed in the plateau 

 region and higher foot-hills, descending to the lowlands only after the 

 young are able to take care of themselves. 



696. Euphonia luteicapilla (Cabanis). 



Phonasca luteicapilla Cabanis, Jour, fiir Orn., i860, 332 (Costa Rica [Frantzius]). 



Euphonia luteicapilla Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., IX, 1868, 98 (Costa Rica). 

 — Frantzius, Jour, fur Orn., 1869, 297 (Costa Rica). — Salvin and Godman, 

 Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, I, 1883, 260, pi. 16, fig. 1 (Turrialba [Arce]; C. R. 

 references). — Sclater, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XI, 1886, 68 (Turrialba [Car- 

 miol]). — Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. de C. R., I, 1887, 109 (San Jose, Las Trojas 

 de Puntarenas, Pacaca, Monte Redondo). — Cherrie, Auk, IX, 1892, 24 

 (San Jose; plumage of young male); Expl. Zool. en C. R., 1891-2, 1893, 18 

 (Lagarto, Boruca, Terraba, Buenos Aires). — Ridgway, Birds N. and Mid. 

 Amer., II, 1902, 20 (Nicaragua to Isthmus of Panama). — Bangs, Auk, XXIV, 

 1907, 308 (Boruca and Paso Real de Terraba [Underwood]). 



Acroleptes luteicapillus Cabanis, Jour, fiir Orn., 1861, 91, in text. 



