BIRDS FROM COSTA RICA—WETMORE 51 
HYLOMANES MOMOTULA OBSCURUS Nelson 
Hylomanes momotula obscurus Neuson, Smithsonian Mise. Coll., vol. 56, Na. 22, 
Sept. 7, 1911, p. 1 (Cerro Brujo, Canal Zone). 
Two males of this motmot were taken in heavy forest on the slopes 
of Cerro Santa Maria. On November 10 at 900 meters elevation one 
rested on a low perch among bushes 3 or 4 feet above the forest floor 
where arching trees made a heavy canopy overhead though the space 
below was open. As the bird turned its head, in spite of the dim light, 
I noted a distinct flash of color from the blue superciliary stripe and 
the light mark below the eye. On November 11, in a similar situation 
at a lower elevation above the section known as Los Cuadros, I 
secured another from a perch 6 feet from the ground. 
After examination of a small series of these birds the only character 
that I discern to distinguish a southern form is that, when laid out in 
geographic order, birds from northwestern Costa Rica and Panam& 
have the abdomen duller, while in those from Honduras northward 
into southeastern México this area is definitely whitish. 
Family RAMPHASTIDAE 
AULACORHYNCHUS CAERULEOGULARIS (Gould) 
Aulacorhamphus caeruleogularis Gouin, Zoologist, Apr. 18538, p. 3861 (Veragua, 
Panama). 
Two of these toucanets were seen November 14 near the Hacienda 
Santa Maria, one near the house and the other at 800 meters elevation 
in the forest above. 
PTEROGLOSSUS TORQUATUS TORQUATUS (Gmelin) 
Ramphasios torquaius GMELIN, Systema naturae, vol. 1, pt. 1, 1788, p. 354 (Central 
America). 
Near Liberia I shot one of two seen on October 22. Above the 
Hacienda Santa Maria on November 10, as a flock of macaws passing 
overhead threw a shadow over the forest, one of these toucans came 
down precipitately through the branches to hide beneath limbs near at 
hand where I secured it. Apparently some predatory hawk was 
about. This species is known here as the feliz. 
RAMPHASTOS SULFURATUS BREVICARINATUS Gould 
Ramphastos brevicarinatus GouLp, A monograph of the Ramphastidae, ed. 2, 1854, 
pl. 3 and text (Panamé4). 
Though by chance I took no specimens, these toucans were common 
on the Hacienda Santa Maria. On November 9, when rain had fallen 
during the night on the mountain and continued during the forenoon, 
I saw two flocks, each of 15 or more birds, that had come down out 
of the clouds that enveloped the mountain to feed on berries at the 
