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near the sea on the northern coast of Beata Island, and collected a 

 male. There was no soil here, but abundant holes in the limestone 

 surface rock furnished these birds suitable shelters. The one taken 

 does not differ from specimens from the main island. 



ASIO DOMINGENSIS DOMINGENSIS (MUller) 



HisPANiOLAN Short-eared Owl 



Slrix domingensis P. L. S. Muller, Vollst. Naturs. Suppl. Reg. -Band, 1776, p. 70 

 (Hispaniola). 



Dr. R. Ciferri, under date of August 31, 1931, writes that this species 

 is common in the Sabana San Thome, and says that he has kept it in 

 captivity, an individual living thus for more than a year. It builds 

 its nest, composed of dry grasses, on the ground, and lays three white 

 eggs, though ordinarily it rears only two young. The eggs are spher- 

 ical in form. 



ASIC STYGIUS NOCTIPETENS Riley 



HisPANioLAN Stygian Owl 



Asio noctipetens Riley, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 66, no. 15, Dec. 1, 1916, 

 p. 1 (Constanza, Dominican Republic). 



In view of the little that is known of this species it is of interest to 

 note that Dr. R. Ciferri, under date of August 31, 1931, writes that 

 he has kept one in captivity for a period of 6 months. He has found 

 it rarer in occurrence than the short-eared owl, and states that in the 

 Dominican Republic it ranges in regions of plentiful rainfall. 



Order CAPRIMULGIFORMES 

 Family CAPRIMULGIDAE, Goatsuckers 



ANTROSTOMUS CUBANENSIS EKMANI Lonnberg 



HisPANiOLAN Goatsucker 



Antroslomus ekmani Lonnberg, Ark. for Zool., vol. 20B, no. 6, Mar. 18, 1929, 

 p. 1, fig. 1 (J6remie, Haiti). 



At the Morne des Mammelles, near Terrier Rouge, Haiti, on March 

 30 we found one of these birds lying dead beside a native hut, where 

 it had been thrown aside after having been killed by a stick. In 

 spite of the fact that it had been run over by an automobile and had 

 lain for nearly a day in the hot sun, it made a presentable skin. It is 

 the fourth specimen of this interesting bird at present known. 



Though it was not possible to determine the sex of this specimen 

 by dissection, because of its condition, it is obvious from its plumage 

 that it is a male. The light tips of the outer tail feathers are much 

 more extensive than in the female obtained by Dr. W. L. Abbott at 

 Mao, Dominican Republic (U.S.N.M. No. 279260); they are white, 



