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MARGAROPS FUSCATUS FUSCATUS (Vieillot) 



Pearly-eyed Thrasher 



Turdus fuscatus Vieillot, Hist. Nat. Ois. Am6r. Sept., vol. 2, 1807, p. 1, pi. 57 

 bis (Hispaniola: Puerto Rico). 



This bird was found in fair numbers in the dry scrubs of Beata 

 Island, where four were taken on May 11, 13, and 15. The broken 

 song, not heard by Wetmore for 20 years, was clear in memory as 

 it came on our first excursion into the thorny thickets, and its identity 

 was verified by the first specimen that came to hand. The birds 

 were secretive and were approached with some difficulty as they 

 rested under cover in the tops of the low trees. 



This record establishes the present form as one properly included 

 in the list of Hispaniolan birds, as previously it has been known only 

 from an uncertain statement by Vieillot, who in 1807 said that he 

 found it in Haiti, and from a living specimen purchased by Beebe in 

 a collection of live birds secured for the New York Zoological Society 

 in Haiti. The suggestion of Wetmore and Swales '" that the species 

 might occur on some of the smaller islets has now been verified. 

 Possibly the living bird purchased by Beebe in Port-au-Prince came 

 from Beata, since Haitian fishermen until recently visited the island 

 in their fishing expeditions. 



The specimens obtained are of the typical race. 



Family TURDIDAE, Thrushes, Bluebirds, and Solitaires 



MIMOCICHLA ARDOSIACEA ARDOSIACEA (Vieillot) 



Hispaniolan Thrush 



Turdus ardosiaceus Vieillot, Tableau Enc. M6th., vol. 2, 1823, p. 646 (Hispaniola). 



Near Terrier Rouge, Haiti, this robinlike thrush was found in small 

 numbers in the scrub covering the Morne des Mammelles. Through- 

 out the La Hotte region it was common, being observed from April 6 

 to 26, appearing at Camp Perrin and continuing throughout our 

 travels in this region until we came down once more toward Aux 

 Cayes. It was particularly common through the cofl'ee plantations of 

 the area between Deron and Bois Lacombe, and on the slopes of 

 Macaya above La Cour Z'Anglais, being in fact the most abundant 

 bird of these areas. On the Pic de Macaya it was common, ranging 

 from groves in the cultivated areas near the base to the forests clothing 

 the summit of the peak. The broken songs of this thrush awakened us 

 each morning at daybreak, and in work in the forests its loud calls 

 came instantly at any disturbance, though the birds themselves were 

 shy and usually kept under cover. At times, however, they flew up 



'« Ibid., p. 334. 



