ART. 25] NOTES ON HISPANIOLAN BIRDS — WETMOEE AND LINCOLN 41 



In the areas visited, this hummingbird was recorded only in the 

 La Hotte region, where it was common. As we entered this section 

 at Geffrard on April 7, this hummer appeared in the rain forest, and 

 was recorded as far as Les Glaces, and was seen also on our return 

 on April 24. At Desbarricre one was seen on April 11, and that same 

 day a male was taken at La Cour Z'Anglais at an elevation of only 

 550 meters. Others were seen at the latter locality on April 23. On 

 Pic de Macaya we found this hummer common from April 14 to 20, 

 and it was the only species of its family in the rain forest where it 

 ranged in the summit of the mountain. In feeding at flowers these 

 hummers sometimes hovered poised before the blossoms and again 

 perched on near-by tv/igs while probing for food. A nest found at 

 1,650 meters elevation was placed 2 meters above a trail on a small 

 twig projecting beneath an inclined tree trunk where it was pro- 

 tected from rain. The female was near this nest but as yet it was 

 empty. 



Two females taken on Pic de Macaya have a much deeper wash of 

 brown on the under surface than others that we have seen. 



ANTHRACOTHORAX DOMINICUS (Linnaeus) 



HiSPANIOLAN Mango HufJMINGBIRD 



Trochilus dominiciis Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 191 (Hispaniola) . 



This species is the commonest hummingbird of the region, being 

 rather universally distributed except in the dense growths of the rain 

 forests, which it does not penetrate. At Terrier Rouge from March 

 26 to 30 it was noted feeding at flowers of yucca, and it was found 

 also in the low, arid, open forest of the Morne des Mammeiles. We 

 noted that on occasion the flight was bounding, with the wings at 

 times held stiffly spread while the bird sailed with motionless pinions 

 for a short distance. These hummers frequently probed flowers while 

 at rest on some perch. In the La Hotte region they were fairly com- 

 mon, ranging on the Pic de Macaya to the edge of the rain forest at 

 our camp. On April 10 near Desbarriere a female darted repeatedly 

 at us, indicating that there was a nest near by, but we could not find 

 it. This species was seen at Camp Perrin on April 25. 



On lie a Vache these hummers were fairly common from April 28 

 to 30, one being taken on April 29. On the day previous a female was 

 seen at a newly finished nest 10 meters from the ground in a wild 

 almond tree back of the beach. Near Jacmel this hummer was ob- 

 served on May 5, and in crossing from Belladere, Haiti, to Barahona, 

 Dominican Republic, on May 6 and 7, we found it fairly common. 



On Beata Island this species was fairly common from May 11 to 

 15, and several specimens were taken. These do not differ from skins 

 from the main island opposite, which was to be expected, as the dis- 

 tance of separation is not great, and hummers should cross the strait 

 readily. One was seen pursuing a palm swift as already noted. 



