ART. 25] NOTES ON HISPANIOLAN BIRDS — WETMORE AND LINCOLN 65 

 TANAGRA MUSICA (Gmelin) 



HiSPANIOLAN EUPHONIA 



Pipra musica Gmelin, Syst. Nat., vol. 1, pt. 2, 1789, p. 1004 (Hispaniola) . 



We recorded this handsome little tanager only in the forests of the 

 La Hotte region, where its presence was oftener indicated by its 

 whistled calls than bj^ sight of the bird itself. It was first recorded 

 near Donte on April 7. Near Deron on April 8 and 9 it was fairly 

 common, and it was found between that point and Desbarriere on 

 April 9 and 10. On the slopes of the Pic de Macaya it was recorded 

 from an elevation of 900 meters to the summit of the mountain, and a 

 mated pair was taken here on April 18. We found it near Les Glaces 

 on April 24, and the following day recorded it from the traU as far 

 as Post Avance. 



CALYPTOPHILUS TERTIUS TERTIUS Wetinore 



La Hotte Chat-tanager 



Calyptophilus tertius Wetmore, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 81, no. 13, May 15, 

 1929, p. 2 (higher slopes of La Hotte, Haiti). 



On April 12, Wetmore had a view of one of these chat-tanagers on 

 the slopes of Pic de Macaya at an elevation of 1,000 meters, between 

 La Cour Z'Anglais and our camp above Caye Godet. The bird was 

 in a steep-sided gulch near the border of forest. We searched for 

 others carefully in the area that we covered near our camp but v\^ere 

 not successful in finding them. 



Family FRINGILLIDAE, Grosbeaks, Sparrows, Finches, and 



Buntings 



TIARIS OUVACEA OLIVACEA (Linnaeus) 



Yellow-faced Grassquit 



Emberiza olivacea Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 309 (Hispaniola). 



This grassquit is one of the common lowland birds of Hispaniola, 

 found abundantly through the cultivated fields but not occurring 

 in regions of forest. Between Ennery and Plaisance many were 

 seen on March 25 feeding in patches of grass along the road, and the 

 following day we observed it at Trou. At Post Avance we found it 

 on April 6, and recorded it also at Bois Lacombe, April 11; La Cour 

 Z'Anglais, April 12 and 22; and Les Glaces, April 24. Many were 

 observed between Camp Perrin and Aux Cayes on April 26. On lie k 

 Vache on April 29 we collected two adult males and found a nearly 

 finished nest in the side of a clump of grass half a meter above the 

 ground. 



