ART. 25] NOTES ON HISPANIOLAN BIRDS — WETMORE AND LINCOLN 61 



The two seen were in low mesquite trees in a dry pasture several 

 hundred yards from the Estere River. Attention was attracted to 

 them by a redwinglike call, and it was noted that they jerked the 

 tail and flitted the wings in a fashion characteristic of this genus. 



ICTERUS DOMINICENSIS (Linnaeus) 



HisPANioLAN Oriole 



Oriolus dominicensis Linnaeus, Sj'st. Nat., ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 163 ("Domi- 

 nioa "==Hispaniola) . 



The Hispaniolan oriole was recorded rather generally in the re- 

 gions that we traversed, although it was not seen in the higher alti- 

 tudes of the La Hotte region, on lie a Vache, nor on Beata Island. 

 We observed a few on March 25 near Limbe and Plaisance, Haiti. 

 At Terrier Rouge, Haiti, March 27 to 30, several were seen on the 

 slopes of Morne des Mammelles, and along a dry arroyo through the 

 mesquite. A specimen was taken there on March 28. The oriole 

 was noted further at Deron, April 24; at Las Cahobes, May 20; at 

 Thomazeau, May 22 (specimen); and at L'Arcahaie, May 23. On 

 May 7, and again on May 19, we observed several in the arid section 

 between San Juan and Barahona, Dominican Republic. A specimen 

 was taken on May 9 at La Cienaga, about 15 kilometers south of 

 Barahona. The birds were observed there in pairs and were seen on 

 several occasions flying for considerable distances with quickly un- 

 dulating flight above the trees. A female in first-j^ear plumage, 

 with black only on the throat and occasional scattered feathers on 

 the lower surface, taken on May 22, was laying. 



The late Dr. Charles W. Richmond has called attention to Pendulinus 

 viridis Vieillot, ^^ described from "Saint-Domingue", which applies 

 in the synonymy of Icterus dominicensis (Linnaeus), the species here 

 under consideration. This was overlooked in the account by Wet- 

 more and Swales in their work on the Birds of Haiti and the Dominican 

 Republic. 



HOLOQUISCALUS NIGER NIGER (Boddaert) 



Hispaniolan Grackle 

 Oriolus niger Boddaert, Table Planches Enl., 1783, p. 31 (Hispaniola). 



In the vicinity of the delightful residence of R. L. Pettigrew, at 

 Terrier Rouge, Haiti, we found this bird fairly common from March 

 27 to 30. Several usually could be seen about the lawns and gardens 

 in much the same manner as purple or bronzed grackles. They also 

 were noted near Dessahnes, Limbe, and Cap-Haitien on March 25. 

 On our trip into the mountains of the Tiburon Peninsula they were 

 recorded at Deron, April 8; between Deron and Bois Pin Lacadonis, 



>3 Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., vol. 5, 1810, p. 321. 



