ART. 25] NOTES ON HISPANIOLAN BIRDS WETMORE AND LINCOLN 43 



above the sea. On Beata Island from May 10 to 12 one fished daily 

 in the little bay in front of our quarters at Ocrik. We were amused 

 on one occasion to see the bird, intent on its meal, dive at a school of 

 fish at the same time as a pelican, only to veer off in sudden alarm as 

 in his descent he nearly struck his large competitor. The date of May 

 12 is the latest recorded in spring in this area for tliis species, and as 

 the bird then disappeared we assumed that it had moved northward in 

 its migration. 



Family TODIDAE, Todies 



TODUS SUBULATUS Gray 



HisPANioLAN Tody 

 Todus subulaiiis Gray, Gen. Birds, vol. 1, Apr. 1847, pi. 22 (Hispaniola). 



This widely distributed species was observed in most of the lowland 

 localities visited on the main island. A breeding male tody was taken 

 at Trou, Haiti, on the north plain on March 26. In the region of 

 Terrier Rouge it was common from March 27 to 30, and at that time 

 was nesting. We were interested to note its distribution in small 

 numbers along steep-banked drainage ditches running through the 

 sisal fields as an indication of adaptation to a change in environment 

 brought about by cultivation. 



In entering the La Hotte region we found this species as far as Camp 

 Perrin on April 6, and on our return on April 26 observed it again 

 near that point and from there on down to the coast at Aux Cayes. 

 As we were crossing from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to Barahona, Do- 

 minican Republic, on May 6 and 7, it was distributed along our road, 

 and on May 19 on our return we collected two in the desert area north 

 of Habanero. These are quite light on the breast, the difference 

 being due apparently to wear in the plumage. 



TODUS ANGUSTIROSTRIS Lafresnaye 



Narrow-billed Tody 



Todus angustirostris Lafresnaye, Rev. et Mag. Zool., Oct. 1851, p. 478 (Domini- 

 can Republic). 



As we entered the heavily watered La Hotte region this tody 

 appeared above Post Avance, and was recorded throughout our v/ork in 

 the mountain section, where it entirel}^ replaced the other species. 

 Th(^re was no mingling of the two in the interior so far as we observed, 

 as the present species was found even to the low altitude of La Cour 

 Z'Anglais at 600 meters elevation. On the Pic de Macaya the narrov/- 

 bilh d tody was one of the common forest birds, ranging to the sum- 

 mit of the mountain. Its rattling notes were heard regularly, but 

 many times we were not able to locate the tiny birds in the dense 

 growths of vegetation. Wliile the narrow-billed tody, like its cousin, 

 captures insects regularly on the wing, it also hops about among the 



