892 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



(San Jose [Carmiol]). — Frantzius, Jour, fur Orn., 1869, 301 (Costa Rica). — 

 Boucard, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1878, 58 (San Jose). — Zeledon, Cat. Aves 

 de C. R., 1882, 8. — Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V, 1883, 495, 499 (Irazu 

 and San Jose [Nutting]). — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., I, 1885, 

 359 (San Jose [Frantzius and Carmiol], Sarchi [Carmiol], Turrialba [Arce]). 

 Euetheia olivacea pusilla Ridgway, Birds of North and Mid. Amer., I, 1901, 534 

 (eastern Mexico; Costa Rica to Central Colombia; not yet recorded from 

 Brit. Honduras, Honduras, Nicaragua, Salvador, or Guatemala, except Peten 

 district). 



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

 San Jose (Alfaro) (Cherrie), Alajuela (Alfaro), Juan Vinas (Underwood). 

 Bangs Collection: Vicinity of San Jose, San Pedro de San Jose (Under- 

 wood). 

 C. H. Lankester Collection: Cachi. 



Carnegie Museum: Guapiles, San Jose, Guaitil (Carriker), San Pedro 

 de San Jose, and Los Cuadros de Irazu (Underwood). Six skins. 

 "The distribution of this species is extremely peculiar, there being no 

 records from farther north, save one in Guatemala, until Mexico is reached, 

 where the bird again becomes common." (W. E. C. Todd.) 



Probably the most abundant small passerine bird in the Caribbean 

 lowlands wherever cleared land is found, being especially fond of road- 

 sides, grass-grown fields, banana-plantations and pastures. From the 

 eastern coast it works its way upward to the central plateau in decreasing 

 numbers, but is still common throughout most of that region. Although 

 such an abundant resident, I was never able to find its nest, and do not 

 know whether is is placed on the ground or in bushes, but presume that 

 it is built on the ground in the grass. 



727. Volatinia jacarini splendens (Vieillot). 



Fringilla splendens Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., XII, 1817, 173 (Cayenne; 

 based on Moineau de Cayenne Buffon, PI. Enl., PI. 224, fig. 3). 



Volatinia splendens Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, I, 1885, 357 

 (San Jose [Frantzius], Barranca, and Grecia [Carmiol]). — Zeledon, An. Mus. 

 Nac. de C. R., I, 1887, in (San Jose).— Cherrie, Auk, IX, 1892, 27 (San 

 Jose, etc., Pacific side); Expl. Zool. Costa Rica, 1891-2, 1893, 29 (Boruca, 

 Terraba, and Buenos Aires). 



Volatinia jacarina Cabanis, Jour, fur Orn., 1861, 2 (C. R. [Frantzius and Hoff- 

 mann]). — Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., IX, 1868, 103 (San Jose [Frantzius], 

 Barranca [J. Carmiol], Grecia [F. Carmiol]). — Cassin, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila., 1865, 169 (San Jose). — Frantzius, Jour, fur Orn., 1869, 301 (Costa 

 Rica). — Boucard, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1878, 57 (San Jose). — Zeledon, 

 Cat. Aves de C. R., 1882, 8. — Nutting, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V, 1882, 392 

 (La Palma de Nicoya; habits). 



