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SQUATAROLA SQUATAROLA CYNOSURAE Thayer and Bangs 



American Black-bellied Plovek 



Squatarola squatarola cynosiirae Thayer and Bangs, Proc. New England Zool. 

 Club, vol. 5, Apr. 9, 1914, p. 23 (Baillie Island, Arctic America). 



On May 11, at Ocrik, on the north side of Beata Island, Dominican 

 Republic, two black-bellied plovers were seen in flight over the salt 

 lagoon. 



ARENARIA INTERPRES MORINELLA (Linnaeus) 



Ruddy Turnstone 



Tringa morinella Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 249 (coast of south- 

 eastern Georgia). 



The turnstone was first noted on May 9, when two were seen near 

 La Cienaga, about 15 Idlometers south of Barahona, Dominican 

 Republic. They proved to be fairly common around the salt pans 

 and lagoons on Beata Island, May 10 to 15. On the latter date at 

 least a dozen were seen, mostly in pairs. 



Family SCOLOPACIDAE, Woodcock, Snipe, and Sandpipers 



ACTITIS MACULARIA (Linnaeus) 



Spotted Sandpiper 



Tringa macularia Linnaeus, Sj-st. Nat., ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 249 (Pennsylvania). 



We found spotted sandpipers both in the lowlands and in the 

 mountains. Observations were made as follows: Two on April 5 at 

 a small lagoon near Aux Cayes, Haiti; one flushed at the crossing of 

 the Riviere des Roseaux below Bois Lacombe on April 10; several at 

 lie a Vache on April 28 to 30; two along the bank of the Rio Yaque 

 del Sur near Boca del Baos, Dominican Republic, on May 8; and one 

 at Barahona on May 9. 



CATOPTROPHORUS SEMIPALMATUS SEMIPALMATUS (GmeUn) 



Eastern Willet 



Scolopax semipalmata Gmelin, Syst. Nat., vol. 1, pt. 2, 1789, p. 659 (New York). 



One willet was seen at Barahona, Dominican Republic, on May 9, 

 and we found them common and breeding on Beata Island, May 10 

 to 15. Three specimens and a set of four eggs were collected on May 

 12. The birds were observed repeatedly to perch on dead limbs at 

 the tops of small trees, which served them as lookout posts over their 

 nesting territory. The nest found was placed among the stems of a 

 fleshy-leaved chenopodaceous plant growing on an open saline, and 

 was a well-formed cup made of the dead stems of the surrounding 

 plant built up above the level of the ground. It contained four eggs 

 with incubation begun. A male bird was flushed from this nest, and 



