ART. 25] NOTES ON HISPANIOLAN BIKDS — WETMOKE AND LINCOLN 11 



Spotted sandpiper Adilis macularia. 



Black-necked stilt Himanlopus mexicanus. 



Laughing gull Larus atricilla. 



White-crowned pigeon Columha leucocephala. 



Zenaida dove Zenaida zenaida zenaida. 



West Indian mourning dove Zenaidura macroura macroura. 



White-winged dove Melopelia asiatica asiaiica. 



Cuban ground-dove Columbigallina passerina insularis. 



Mangrove cuckoo Coccyzus minor teres. 



Ani Crotophaga ani. 



Palm swift Tachornis phoenicobia phoenicobia. 



Hispaniolan vervain hummingbird Mellisuga minima veilloii. 



Hispaniolan mango hummingbird Anlhracothorax dominicus. 



Gray kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis dominicensis. 



Hispaniolan flycatcher Myiarchus dominicensis. 



Bank swallow Riparia riparia riparia. 



Barn swallow Hirundo erythrogaster. 



Hispaniolan cliff swallow Petrochelidon fidva fulva. 



Caribbean martin Progne dominicensis. 



Hispaniolan mockingbird Mimus polyglottos dominicus. 



Jamaican vireo Vireo olivaceus olivaceus. 



Black-whiskered vireo Vireo olivaceus barbaiula. 



Hispaniolan honey-creeper Coereba bananivora bananivora. 



Black and white warbler Mnioiilta varia. 



Hispaniolan golden warbler Dendroica petechia albicollis. 



Cape May warbler Dendroica tigrina. 



Yellow-throated warbler Dendroica dominica dominica. 



Northern prairie warbler Dendroica discolor discolor. 



Black-poll warbler Dendroica striata. 



Black-throated green warbler Dendroica virens virens. 



Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapillus aurocapillus. 



Northern water-thrush Seiurus noveboracensis noveboracensis. 



Northern yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas brachidactyla. 



Redstart Setophaga ruticilla. 



Hispaniolan grackle Holoquiscalus niger niger. 



lie a Vache palm tanager Phaenicophilus poliocephalus ietraopes. 



Yellow-faced grassquit Tiaris olivacea olivacea. 



March's grassquit Tiaris bicolor marchii. 



Parish's bullfinch Loxigilla violacea parishi. 



BIRDS OF BEATA ISLAND 



Beata Island is located off the extreme southern end of the Barahona 

 Peninsula, separated by a distance of 10 kilometers from the nearest 

 point of the main island. The intervening channel is only 2% fathoms 

 (4.9 meters) deep in the center. Five fiat-topped rocks of the same 

 formation as the island project in a semicircle off the northern coast. 

 It is evident that Beata has had close connection with the adjacent 

 shore, though probably it has been separated for many thousands of 

 years. The island is about 8 kilometers long by 7 kilometers broad, 

 and according to the West Indies Pilot has a maximum elevation of 

 100 meters. From our personal observation we believe that there is 



