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SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS AUROCAPILLUS (Linnaeus) 

 OVENBIRD 



Motacilla aurocapillus Linnaeus, Sj'st. Nat., ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 334 (at sea 

 about 30 miles from Hispaniola). 



The ovenbird was recorded in Haiti on the following occasions: At 

 least one and probably two were seen at Terrier Rouge on March 28; 

 one was taken on April 16 in the rain forest on Pic de Macaya at an 

 altitude of about 1,500 meters; on April 24, while we were eating 

 breakfast at Bois Lacombe, one sang its well-known ''teacher" song 

 close by our camp; and on April 30 one was observed on a wooded 

 hillside on lie a Vache. 



SEIURUS NOVEBORACENSIS NOTABILIS Ridgway 



Grinnell's Water-thrush 



Seinrus naevius notabilis Ridgway, Proc.U.S.Nat.Mus., vol. 3, 1S80, p. 12 (shores 

 of Como Lake, Carbon County, Wyoming). 



Though no water-thrushes were seen during our work, in view of 

 the little known of this race for Hispaniola it is pertinent to record 

 here certain observations. In June 1930, through the kindness of 

 Lord Rothschild, Wetmore examined the series of water-thrushes 

 from the Dominican Republic in the collection of the Tring Museum, 

 and among them identified two as of the race notabilis; viz, a male 

 taken by A. H. Verrill at Samana, Dominican Republic, on February 

 6, 1907, and a female obtained by E. Kaempfer in the Yuna Swamps 

 (probably near the mouth of the Rio Yuna opposite Sanchez) on 

 October 22, 1922. 



MICROLIGEA PALUSTRIS VASTA Wetmore and Lincoln 



Beata Ground Warbler 



Microligea palustris vasta Wetmore and Lincoln, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 

 vol. 44, Oct. 17, 1931, p. 121 (Beata Island, Dominican Republic). 



The discovery of a ground warbler of this type in the dry scrubs of 

 Beata Island was entirely unexpected, as the typical form, Microligea 

 palustris palustris, is found principally in the rain forests of the moun- 

 tains of Hispaniola, where it inhabits thickets and dark ravines, and 

 is observed with some difficulty. The Beata form was noted only in 

 the dense scrub of the interior of the island and was not observed in 

 the more open growth near the coast. It was common and in fact 

 was one of the first small birds that we observed. As we walked 

 slowl}^ along a narrow trail early on the morning of May 11, alert for 

 creatures of any kind that might be strange to us, a small greenish 

 bird with a gray head came hopping through the twigs of a tree and 

 singing a low song. A moment later it was in hand and was recog- 

 nized instantly as a form new to science. These warblers proved to be 



