MAR. 1896. ORNITHOLOGY OF SAN DOMINGO CHERRIE. n 



while in the act of carrying nesting material, and the condition of the 

 abdomen indicated that she had been brooding. In different locali- 

 ties the nesting season varies, and I imagine must be in great part 

 governed by the food supply which again is controlled by the rains. 

 At Honduras, during the last days of March and the first of April, 

 nesting had not yet begun. Honduras lying as it does in the sandy 

 cacti-covered arid belt probably depends, more than other localities, 

 on the rains for the awakening of its insect life. 



Adult birds in life have the eye clay yellow, bill, claws, feet and 

 legs black. 



5. Mniotilta varia. (Linn.*) Only nine specimens were secured 

 .between the dates of January 22 and April 21. Not at any time 



observed to be common. 



6. Compsothlypis americana (Linn.} Eighteen specimens 

 were secured. Noted at all points visited except Maniel, but not 

 seen after April 2. 



7. Dendroica tigrina (Gmel.*) Twenty-one specimens. Found 

 at all points visited, but none seen after April 6. 



8. Dendroica caerulescens (Gmcl.*) Forty-nine examples 

 collected. Found at all points visited and decidedly the most com- 

 mon of the North American birds. 



9. Dendroica coronata (Linn.) Not common, and none seen 

 after March 27. 



10. Dendroica discolor. (Viei/l.) Noted between the dates 

 of February 13 and April 2, but not common at any time. 



11. Dendroica palmarum (Gmel.) Tolerably common 

 between the i2th of February and the ist of April. 



12. Seiurus aurocapillus (Linn.) Not uncommon. Found 

 at all points visited. 



13. Seiurus noveboracensis (Gmel.) Rare. Seen on two 

 occasions only, February 24 and March 16. This is, I believe, the 

 first record from San Domingo. 



14. Seiurus motacilla (Vieill.') Rare. Only a single speci- 

 men taken January 22. 



