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collected here, and we saw several adults that were nest building. 

 On April 30 we collected one fresh egg from a nest in a bush only- 

 two thirds of a meter from the ground. The nest was the usual 

 ball-shaped structure with the entrance beneath. The egg is dull 

 white, marked with finely stippled spots of natal brown that merge 

 to form a band around the egg slightly above its center. This egg 

 measures 17.7 by 12.2 mm. 



Near La Cienaga, 15 kilometers south of Barahona, the honey- 

 creeper was common May 9, and from May 11 to 15 we found it in 

 numbers on Beata Island and collected a series. Several were found 

 in the desert area north of Habanero on May 19. 



Family COMPSOTHLYPIDAE, Wood Warblers 



MNIOTILTA VARIA (Linnaeus) 



Black and White Warbler 



Motacilla varia Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 333 (Hispaniola) . 



The black and wliite warbler was observed on two occasions. 

 On March 25, while near Dessalines, Haiti, we saw at least one and 

 probably two individuals, and on March 28, at Terrier Rouge, noted 

 several along a dry wash. 



COMPSOTHLYPIS AMERICANA PUSILLA (Wilson) 



Northern Parula Warbler 



Sylvia pusilla Wilson, Amer. Orn., vol. 4, 1811, p. 71, pi. 28, fig. 3 (eastern 

 Pennsylvania). 



On April 4, at Port-au-Prince, Haiti, a single parula warbler was 

 observed in a large flamboyant tree in the yard at our hotel. It was in 

 company with several other v/arblers, chiefly Dendroica discolor. 



DENDROICA PETECmA ALBICOLI.IS (Gmelin) 



Hispaniolan Golden Warbler 



Motacilla alhicollis Gmelin, Syst. Nat., vol. 1, pt. 2, 1789, p. 983 ("S. Dominici"== 

 Hispaniola) . 



The golden warbler was recorded on lie a Vache, Haiti, where on 

 April 29 we had brief glimpses of two or three birds in a small man- 

 grove swamp at the head of one of the bays. A pair was located on 

 May 23 in mangroves near L'Arcahaie, but attempt to obtain a speci- 

 men was unsuccessful. 



On May 8 and 18, at Barahona, Dominican Republic, several were 

 seen on a small mangrove island near the sugar factory. In every 

 case the birds proved extremely elusive and difficult to locate. Their 

 characteristic song is given chiefly early in the morning and to a lesser 

 extent late in the afternoon. 



