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heavily streaked on the breast and sides while leucopogon is plain 
brown, it appears that this contention is doubtful and that it must 
have other support before it can be accepted. 
TROGLODYTES MUSCULUS INTERMEDIUS Cabanis 
Troglodytes intermedius CABANIS, Journ. fiir Orn., 1860, p. 407 (San José, Costa 
Rica). 
The house wren was not common in the area worked at this season. 
On November 4 I heard one singing in early morning in the town of 
Liberia. At the Hacienda Santa Maria a male lived secretively 
around the house throughout my stay, taking care to keep out of 
reach of the collecting gun and finally, on the morning of my departure, 
coming out to chatter familiarly at me as I mounted my mule for the 
ride down to the lowlands. 
HENICORHINA LEUCOSTICTA TROPAEA Bangs and Peters 
Henicorhina leucosticta tropaea Banes and Prizrs, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zodl., 
vol. 67, Jan. 1927, p. 480 (La Vijagua, Costa Rica). 
The wood wren was a common species in the heavy forests on the 
Hacienda Santa Maria, and between November 5 and 14 I secured ten 
skins. The birds were recorded regularly in the dense woodland at 
Los Cuadros and were commoner on the higher slopes of the mountain, 
especially on the wooded plateau called Papal, immediately above 
the house. They were found in pairs about the numerous deadfalls, 
where they skulked and chattered in the manner common to wrens. 
On occasion I heard them giving clear ringing songs. It was not at 
all difficult to call them out into sight as they had much curiosity 
about strange sounds. 
The series taken is quite uniform in its agreement with the characters 
of this race. 
Family TURDIDAE 
TURDUS PLEBEJUS PLEBEJUS Cabanis 
Turdus plebejus CaxBinis, Journ. fiir Orn., Sept. 1860 (Jan. 1861), p. 323 (Costa 
Rica). 
On the Hacienda Santa Maria these dark-colored robins were fairly 
common in the heavy forest on the mountain slope back of the house. 
Sometimes I heard their calls, a robinlike pup pup pup, and occasionally 
I saw one fly. On one occasion half a dozen feeding in scattered com- 
pany on the forest floor flushed and went into the tree tops where they 
remained hidden and motionless until alarmed by a shot. ‘They were 
so shy that it was difficult to judge accurately their abundance. I 
took specimens on November 5 and 10, and on November 14 I saw 
one at the top of the mountain. In another place'® I have expressed 
16 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 89, Mar. 26, 1941, p. 564. 
