ART. 25] NOTES ON HISPANIOLAN BIRDS — WETMORE AND LINCOLN 47 



these specimens were taken from the larger forest shrubs beneath 

 pines, where the birds worked actively about, uttering their twittering 

 calls and trilling songs. There was much about them and their habitat 

 to suggest the alder flycatcher. 



On April 23 on an open ridge at Amiel, below Desbarriere, while we 

 were waiting for two straggling porters to catch up with the main out- 

 fit, a pair of elaenias suddenly appeared in a low tree within a few feet 

 of us. Hurriedly dismounting we were able to obtain them both. 

 The altitude at this point was about 1,000 meters. 



Comparison of the birds from the La Hotte region with specimens 

 from other points in the island reveals no characters of difference. 



Family HIRUNDINIDAE, Swallows 



LAMPROCHEUDON SCLATERI (Cory) 



Sclater's Swallow 



Hirundo sclaieri Cory, Auk, 1884, p. 2 (La Vega, Dominican Republic). 



At Kenskoff, Haiti, on March 22, we observed half a dozen of these 

 swallow^s circling about the eaves of a small building, where they seemed 

 to be nesting in crevices under the roof tiles. Elsewhere we found the 

 species only in the mountains of La Hotte. At Geffrard on April 7 

 a pair came about the native hut where we had spent the night, seem- 

 ing to have a nest in the roof thatch. On April 9, at Bois Lacombe, 

 15 or 20 indi%aduals were found circling over an open slope. One taken 

 there was a female about to breed. Near Desbarriere a few were 

 observed on April 10 and 11. On the Pic de Macaya this swallow 

 was common, ranging from the open cultivated valleys at the base to 

 the forested summit of the mountain. On the liigher slopes they were 

 found around the great pines that towered far above the surrounding 

 rain forest, and often when working through the dimly lighted, drip- 

 ping verdure of the dense growth we heard the soft voices of these swal- 

 lows as the birds coursed over the tops of the trees above us. At this 

 season they were nesting. We collected a series of eight, all in full 

 plumage. 



mRUNDO ERYTHROGASTER Boddaert 



Barn Swallow 



Hirundo erythrogaster Boddaert, Table Planches Enl., 1783, p. 45 (Cayenne). 



Single barn swallows, migrant from North America, were seen on 

 lie a Vache, Haiti, April 28 and 29. On Beata Island, Dominican 

 Republic, four were observed on May 11, and two in company on 

 May 12, 14, and 15, the last date being that of our departure. These 

 constitute the latest dates of occurrence loiown for this region. 



