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On May 5 many were observed between Port-au-Prince and Jacmel, 

 the birds being especially common where the highway led through 

 canefields. On May 6 and 7, and again on May 19 and 20, they were 

 seen regularly along the road between Port-au-Prince and Barahona. 

 They were common near L'Arcahaie on May 23. 



TIARIS BICOLOR MARCHH (Baird) 



March's Grassquit 



Phonipara Marchii Baird, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1863, p. 297 

 (Jamaica) . 



Near Terrier Rouge, Haiti, these birds were common through the 

 dry scrubs and four were collected on March 27 and 28. We saw 

 them at Donte on April 7, and collected one and observed others at 

 La Cour Z' Anglais on April 12. One was recorded on lie a Vache on 

 April 29. On May 20 we observed these birds in fair numbers along 

 the highway between San Juan, Dominican Republic, and Port-au- 

 Prince, Haiti. 



LOXIGILLA VIOLACEA AFFINIS (Ridgway) 



Hispaniolan Bullfinch 

 Pyhrrulagra affinis " (Baird) " Ridgway, Auk, 1898, p. 322 (Port-au-Prince, Haiti). 



In northern Haiti we first encountered the bullfinch on March 26 

 near Trou, where we observed half a dozen and collected a breeding 

 male. Near Terrier Rouge these birds were common from March 27 

 to 30, being noted especially in the scrub on the Morne des Mammelles. 

 Here we collected five specimens. In the humid La Hotte region the 

 bullfinch was even more abundant, being observed between Geffrard 

 and Donte, April 7; at Bois Lacombe, April 10; and between Des- 

 barriere and La Cour Z' Anglais, April 12. On the Pic de Macaya this 

 was one of the common birds from April 14 to 22, ranging through the 

 rain forest to the summit of the mountain. On our way out we found 

 it at Bois Lacombe on April 23 and Les Glaces on April 24, and later 

 on May 6, observed it along the highway between Belladere and San 

 Juan, Dominican Republic. 



The period of our work in the La Hotte area was seemingly the 

 breeding season for this form, as its pleasant, whistled song, in tone 

 and utterance suggestive of the cardinal of the Southern United States, 

 was heard regularly and was in fact the earliest bird voice of the 

 morning that frequently aroused us at daybreak when we were camped 

 in the forest, or in native huts surrounded by shrubbery. The song 

 was continued for an hour or more in early morning and was heard 

 occasionally during the day, being especially attractive in an area 

 where comparatively few birds were pleasing songsters. 



