ART. 25] NOTES ON HISPANIOLAN BIRDS — WETMOEE AND LINCOLN 37 



first glance it appeared that a mountain race might be indicated, but 

 further study is required to substantiate this. 



CROTOPHAGA ANI Linnaeus 



Ani 

 Crotophaga ani Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, 1758, p. 105 (Jamaica). 



The ani was observed throughout the lowdand areas that we visited, 

 and was common at many points. At Terrier Rouge on March 28 we 

 saw a family of five 3^oung barely able to fly, and collected one. 

 These birds were warier than the adults and tried always to keep 

 behind a screen of leaves. Their calls were higher pitched than those 

 of older birds. 



Anis were found in clearings in the lower elevations of the La Hotte 

 region, but did not penetrate into the rain forests of the mountains, 

 though we observed them in a small, open valley at Donte on April 7, 

 and noted them also along the high ridges near Desbarriere. On 

 lie a Vache anis were so common that flocks of them walked about in 

 the grass in scattered companies, or gathered in gossiping groups in 

 the shaded branches of mango trees. Half a dozen frequently rested 

 together picldng at the feathers on one another's heads. At Barahona, 

 after a rain, anis rested in the limbs of a dead tree, their v/ings and 

 tail held widely spread in the sun to allow them to dry, presenting a 

 most grotesque appearance. 



Order STRIGIFORMES 

 Family TYTONIDAE, Barn Owls 



TYTO GLAUCOPS (Kaup) 



HisPANioLAN Barn Owl 

 Strix glaucops Kaup, Jardine's Contr. Orn., 1852, p. 118 (Dominican Republic). 



A female shot from a tree in heavy woodland at La Cienaga, 15 

 kilometers south of Barahona on May 9, was our only record for 

 this bird. 



Family STRIGIDAE, Typical Owls 



SPEOTYTO CUNICULARIA TROGLODYTES Wetmore and Swales 



HisPANiOLAN Burrowing Owl 



Speotyto cunicularia troglodytes Wetmore and Swales, U.S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 155, 

 Mar. 7, 1931, p. 239 (Haiti). 



In Haiti the burrowing owl was seen near St. Marc on March 25 

 and 31, and at Source Matelas on May 23. Between Las Cahobes 

 and Barahona, Dominican Republic, this species was fairly common 

 on May 6 and 19. On May 12 we found two in a rough, stony area 



