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or south of the valley of San Jose. It seems to be most abundant in 

 Guanacaste, in the vicinity of Miravalles, Tenorio, Bolson, and Bebedero, 

 where several collectors have taken it in considerable numbers. In habits 

 and habitat it much resembles E. luteicapilla and E. olivacea humilis. 



698. Euphonia gracilis (Cabanis). 



Phonasca gracilis Cabanis, Jour, fur Orn., i860, ^ZZ (San Jose, Costa Rica 

 [Hoffmann]; coll. Berlin Museum). 



Euphonia gracilis Sclater, Cat. Am. Birds, 1862, 359 (Costa Rica). — Cat. 

 Birds Brit. Mus., XI, 1886, 69 (Costa Rica [Hoffmann]). — Cassin, Proc. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1865, 169 (Costa Rica [J. Carmiol]). — Lawrence, 

 Ann. Lye. N. Y., IX, 1868, 98 (San Jose [J. Carmiol]). — Frantzius, Jour. 

 fur Orn., 1869, 297 (Costa Rica). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., 

 Aves, I, 1883, 259, pi. 16, fig. 3 (Costa Rican references). — Zeledon, An. 

 Mus. Nac. de C. R., I, 1887, 109 (Pozo Aziil de Pirris). — Cherrie, Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., XIV, 1891, 530 (Pozo Azul de Pirris [Zeledon]); Auk, IX, 

 1892, 24 (San Jose; cf in full song taken Dec. 30, with no signs of having 

 been in a cage; home of bird in extreme southwestern Costa Rica) ; Expl. Zool. 

 en C. R., 1891-2, 1893, 18 (Boruca). — Ridgway, Birds N. and Mid. Amer., 

 II, 1902, 19 (Chiriqui and Costa Rica: San Jose and Pozo Azul de Pirris). — 

 Bangs, Auk, XXIV, 1907, 308 (Boruca, Paso Real, and Barranca de Terraba 

 [Underwood]). 



Acroleptes gracilis Cabanis, Jour, fur Orn., 1861, 91, in text. 



Euphonia fulvicrissa Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1865, 169 (Angostura 

 and Pacuare). 



U. S. Nat. Museum: Pozo Azul de Pirris. 



Bangs Collection: El General de Terraba and Pozo Azul de Pirris (Under- 

 wood) . 

 Fleming Collection: Miravalles (Underwood). 



This species seems to be confined strictly to the Pacific lowlands and 

 foot-hills, but is not a common bird, few specimens having been taken 

 in Costa Rica. With the exception of a single record (Volcan de Miravalles), 

 all specimens have been taken either at Pozo Azul de Pirris or in the 

 Terraba Valley. Underwood secured nine specimens at Boruca, but I 

 did not find the bird either there or at any other point in the Terraba 

 Valley, so that it certainly cannot be a very common species. The single 

 specimen which Cherrie reports from San Jose is accidental to say the 

 least, and may probably be an escaped cage bird. 



699. Euphonia anneae Cassin. 



Euphonia annece Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1865, 172 (Santa Rosa, 

 Costa Rica [J. Carmiol]; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.). — Lawrence, Ann. Lye. 



