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to perch near at hand with a flirt of wings and tail, but at any move- 

 ment disappeared instantly into the nearest cover. In the high forest 

 they were found in growths of bracken that formed dense cover over 

 the ground. The natives here called them cuet cuet in imitation of 

 their call notes. Four were taken in this region. 



These birds were seen in small numbers between San Juan and 

 Azua, Dominican Republic, on May 7 and 19, and near L'Arcahaie, 

 Haiti, on May 23. 



MYADESTES GENIBARBIS MONTANUS Cory 



HisPANioLAN Solitaire 



Myadestes monianus Cory, Bull. Nuttall Orn. Club, 1881, p. 130 (near Fort 

 Jacques, above Petionville, Haiti). 



In the rain forest covering the Pic de Macaya we found the solitaire 

 to be one of the common birds, ranging to the summit of the mountain. 

 Males were in full song from April 13 to 20, and their clear notes 

 came to us constantly through the day, constituting one of the most 

 wonderful bird songs that we have heard. The bird is always a 

 skilled musician, certain of his powers, uttering his flutelike notes with 

 a clear precision that is as pleasing as the beautiful tones that they 

 carry to the ear. There is some variation in sound and expression, 

 but all possess an unmistakable imprint and are identified as those of 

 a sohtaire without hesitation. We never tired of the constant repeti- 

 tion of tills marvelous song from the hidden avian choir, and it con- 

 stitutes one of our most vivid memories in connection with the dark, 

 rain-drenched forests of this difficult mountain peak. 



In a series of ten that we collected, all in breeding condition, there 

 is only one female, males seemingly being much more curious and 

 aggressive. 



Family DULIDAE, Palm-chats 



DULUS DOMINICUS DOMINICUS (Linnaeus) 



Palm-chat 



Tanagra dominica Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 316 (Hispaniola). 



In the suburban gardens of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the palm-chat 

 was as common in March and April of 1931 as Wetmore had found it 

 in 1927. At Terrier Rouge we observed a few in the low forest of the 

 Morne des Mammelles, where a breeding male was taken on March 

 27. We found them at Aux Cayes on April 6, and on April 8 and 9 

 observed colonies near Deron. On April 23 we saw one nest in a tall 

 deciduous tree on the ridge near Amiel, below Desbarriere, and saw 

 others the following day near Les Glaces. From Trouin to Jacmel on 

 May 5 the birds were found in some numbers, and near Belladere on 



