APPENDIX D 



Belted Kingfisher, Megaceryle a. alcyon 



A few seen along shore and at Etang Miragoane 

 March 2nd. 

 Haitian Wood-pecker, Chryserpes striatus 



Not rare among the larger trees of the uplands. 

 Ruby-throated Hummer, Archilochus colubris 



A male hummed about my head for several minutes, 

 and then perched a few feet away at Bizoton sand beach 

 on March 6th. As far as visual reliability alone can be 

 trusted, this is an absolute identification. 

 Haitian Mango Hummer, Anihracothorax dominicus 



Not rare, both near the sea and at a mile elevation. 

 Haitian Vervain Hummer, Mellisuga catherince 



Common near Port-au-Prince. This, the second smallest 

 bird in the world, is less than 2)^ inches in total length, 

 and on the wing looks like a large bee. 

 Gray Kingbird, Tyrannus d. dominicensis 



Singly, not rare in open dry cactus. 

 Haitian Crow, Corvus leucognaphalus erythropthalmus 



Common in pairs or families in dry cactus country. 

 Typical crows, but in miniature. 

 Haitian Oriole, Icterus dominicensis 



Seen now and then flying among the palms. 

 Haitian Grackle, Holoquiscalus niger 



Very common in families or flocks, but much more 

 musical than our other representatives. 

 Haitian Bullfinch, Pyrrhulagra violacea affinis 



Two individuals of this unmistakable species, in full 

 color, apparently males, came to the schooner and perched 

 quietly on the ratlines until a gun was loaded, when they 

 flew straight out across the Gulf and were not again seen. 

 Olive Grassquit, Euetheia hicolor marchii 



Rarer than the yellow-faced bird at Bizoton. 

 Yellow-faced Grass-quit, Euetheia o. olivacea 



Not common in grassy fields. 



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