ART. 25] NOTES ON HISPANIOLAN BIRDS WETMORE AND LINCOLN 35 



On May 9, at La Cienaga, 15 kilometers south of Baraliona, 

 Dominican Republic, we flushed one of these quail-doves from a nest 

 and collected it, the bird proving to be a male. The nest was the 

 slight platform of twigs usual in pigeons and was placed 4 meters 

 from the ground near the trunk of a tree which stood in a dense 

 thicket. The nest contained one young bird, and one egg on the 

 point of hatching. The embryo was removed so as to leave the shell 

 intact and was skinned for a specimen. The egg is somewhat deeper 

 than light buff in color, and measures 30.8 by 23.2 mm. The young 

 are entirely covered with long down, pinkish buff on the upper 

 surface and cartridge buff below. 



Order PSITTACIFORMES 

 Family PSITTACIDAE, Parrots, Paroquets, and Macaws 



AMAZONA VENTRALIS (MUller) 



HisPANioLAN Parrot 

 Psittacus ventralis Muller, Natursystem, Suppl., 1776, p. 79 (Hispaniola). 



Two of these parrots were seen near Dessalines, Haiti, on March 25, 

 and others were recorded on Morne des Mammclles at Terrier Rouge, 

 on March 27 and 30. 



In riding the trails on the journey from Post Avance into the La 

 Hotte region we saw parrots daily; they were commonly distributed 

 throughout this area. On Pic de Macaya they ranged to the top of 

 the mountain, and were found in little flocks in the trees, or were noted 

 in fhght across the mountain slopes. At sunrise they came oft' the 

 highest ridges, their heavy, short-winged forms showing in dark sil- 

 houettes against the distant «ky. 



On May 19 half a dozen were seen 50 kilometers east of San Juan, 

 Dominican Republic, and the following day a number were observed 

 east of Las Cahobes, Haiti. 



ARATINGA CHLOROPTERA CHLOROPTERA (Souancfi) 



HisPANioLAN Paroquet 

 Psiilacara chloroptera Souance, Rev. Mag. Zool., 1856, p. 59 ("Saint-Domingue"). 



Several paroquets were seen between Trouin and Jacmel, Haiti, 

 on Ma}^ 5. From Belladere to San Juan, Dominican Republic, they 

 were common on May 7, and on May 20 a flock was recorded near 

 Mirebalais, Haiti. 



Careful watch was kept for these birds in travel in the La Hotte 

 mountain area, their absence here being particularly noticeable since 

 Wetmore had found them common on the ridge of La Selle in 1927. 

 Apparently our record of this species between Trouin and Jacmel 

 marks the western point on the Tiburon Peninsula at which it has 



