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89. Spindalis multicolor (Vieillot). 



On February 12 I shot a Spindalis near Bulla, but being only 

 wounded the bird escaped. Judging from the accounts of other 

 collectors this species is extremely local in its distribution and is 

 probably confined to the interior of the island, though Cory (Birds of 

 Haiti and San Domingo, p. 55) lists a specimen from Puerto Plata, 

 ■a. male, taken December 2, 1882. 



90. Pyrrhulagra violacea affinis (Baird). 

 Calandra. 



Ten specimens, both sexes and young, Monte Cristi, Sosua, Arroyo 

 Salado. 



The Haitian Bullfinch is a rather uncommon species although it is 

 pretty evenly distributed throughout the region traversed. It is 

 distinctly a bird of the undergrowth, especially in moist hollows or 

 near streams. The only note I ever heard it give was a faint thin 

 "chip." 



Two specimens taken at Monte Cristi on February 9, are young 

 birds probably hatched in December. 



91. TiARis OLiVACEA OLIVACEA (Liune). 

 Siguita. 



Twenty specimens, both sexes, Monte Cristi, Santiago, Sosua, 

 Choco. 



A common species in the cane-fields and pastures about Sosua, 

 less numerous at Monte Cristi. 



Males show a wide range in the development of the black patch on 

 the breast. This appears to be largely seasonal. A bird taken near 

 Santiago, February 14, has the black restricted to a small area on the 

 lower throat, while on others from Sosua and Choco taken late in 

 March and early in April it covers the entire breast. 



The song of the Yellow-faced Grassquit is a short insect-like trill, 

 slightly ventriloquial. It is always given from a somewhat exposed 

 perch, a tall stalk of cane, a fence-post, or a bush in a pasture. The 

 ■call-note is a sparrow-like chip. 



