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lagoon beyond Cabral. From all accounts this is one of the common 

 ducks of that area. 



NYROCA AFFINIS (Eyton) 



Lesser Scaup Duck 



Fuligula affinis Eyton, A monograph on the Anatidae or duck tribe, 1838, p. 157 

 (North America). 



At Baraliona, Dominican Republic, on May 19, we examined the 

 body of one of these ducks in cold storage that had been killed a 

 month or six weeks previous by George Hamor on a lagoon west of 

 Cabral. 



Mr. Hamor reports that ducks abound during the season of northern 

 winter in the various lagoons and marshes of the area in question. 

 In some years the birds begin to congregate there about the end of 

 November but ordinarily the period of their greatest abundance comes 

 in January and February. Several species are found of which a part, 

 perhaps the larger part, are certainly migrants from North America. 

 These include the lesser scaup; birds that Mr. Hamor beUeves to be 

 pintails; the blue-winged teal; and probably others. The tree-duck, 

 possibly including occasional individuals of a species other than the 

 West Indian tree-duck {Dendrocygna arbor ea), the ruddy duck, and 

 the Bahama pintail are included among species that breed in this 

 region. From the large number of birds that congregate here, it 

 appears that it will be important to investigate the matter, to determine 

 the North American species involved and their relative abundance. 



Order FALCONIFORMES 

 Family ACCIPITRIDAE, Hawks and Eagles 



ACCIPITER STRIATUS STRIATUS YieUlot 



HisPANioLAN Sharp-shinned Hawk 



Accipiter striatus Vieillot, Hist. Nat. Ois. Am6r. Sept., vol. 1, 1807, p. 42, pi. 14 

 (Haiti). 



This species was encoimtered only in the general region of La Hotte 

 on the Tiburon Peninsula. On AprU 11, at Desbarriere, a pair flew 

 high above the most elevated ridges, circling with set wings, or 

 pursuing each other playfully. On AprU 16, at an elevation of 1,650 

 meters on Pic de Macaya, we collected a mated pair in heavy rain 

 forest. In habits and actions they were exactly hke the North Ameri- 

 can sharpshin. They rested among leafy branches, betraying their 

 presence by a plaintive note, rapidly repeated, resembling kew kew 

 kew kew, and were decoyed readily within gun range by squeaking. 

 At Geffrard, on April 25, a female and two males circled together in 

 the air above the forest. 



Discrepancy in size in the two sexes makes it a simple matter to 

 distinguish males and females when the two are seen together. 



