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Morne des Mammelles on March 30 we found a nest placed on an 

 epiphyte growing on the trunk of a tree 2^ meters from the ground. 

 The nest was the usual shallow structure of small twigs, and con- 

 tained two eggs with incubation begun. These are white with a 

 slight gloss and measure 26.2 by 19.7 and 25.7 by 19.4 mm. 



On April 28 and 30 we recorded this dove on He a Vache. In the 

 region from Comendador to Barahona it was seen in some numbers 

 along the highway on May 7 to 9, and again on May 19 and 20. 

 On May 22 we collected five adults in open pasture land and old 

 fields near Thomazeau, and on May 23 recorded this species at 

 L'Arcahaie. 



MELOPELIA ASIATICA ASIATICA (Linnaeus) 



White-winged Dove 

 Colutnha asiatica Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, 1758, p. 163 (Jamaica). 



The white-winged dove was recorded as follows: Dessalines, Haiti, 

 March 25; Trou, March 26; Terrier Rouge, March 28 and 30; Deron, 

 April 8 (a female taken contained an egg nearly ready to be laid); 

 Post Avance, April 26; lie a Vache, April 28, one female taken as it 

 flushed from a newly finished nest without eggs, and a young bird 

 shot that was barely grown; Belladere, May 6; San Juan to Bara- 

 hona, Dominican Republic, May 9 and 19; L'Arcahaie, Haiti, May 23. 



Don Eduardo Echevaria said that he saw them occasionally on 

 Beata Island, but we did not record them there. 



COLUMBIGALLINA PASSERINA INSULARIS Ridgway 



Cuban Ground-dove 



Columbigallina passerina insularis Ridgway, Proc.U.S.Nat.Mus., vol. 10, 1887, 

 p. 574 (Grand Cayman Island). 



The widely distributed Cuban ground-dove was recorded at most 

 of the lowland localities visited except that it was not observed dur- 

 ing work on the Tiburon Peninsula. On lie a Vache it was fairly 

 common from April 28 to 30, and a few were seen on Beata Island 

 on May 11 and 12, three specimens being taken. 



OREOPELEIA MONTANA (Linnaeus) 



Ruddy Quail-dove 



Columha montana Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, 1758, p. 163 (Jamaica). 



The ruddy quail-dove was recorded only on April 7 near Geffrard, 

 Haiti, in heavy rain forest. 



OREOPELEIA CHRYSIA (Bonaparte) 



Key West Quail-dove 



Geotrygon chrysia Bonaparte, Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. (Paris), vol. 40, 1855, 

 p. 100 (Florida). 



