ART 25] NOTES ON HISPANIOLAN BIRDS — WETMORE AND LINCOLN 45 



Order PASSERIFORMES 

 Family TYRANNIDAE, Tyrant Flycatchers 



TYRANNUS DOMINICENSIS DOMINICENSIS (Gmelin) 



Gray Kingbird 



Lanius dominicensis Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 1788, vol. 1, pt. 1, p. 302 (Hispaniola). 



The gray kingbird is found commonly both in Haiti and the Domin- 

 ican Republic at the lower elevations, chiefly in the cultivated areas. 

 In the La Hotte Mountains on the Tiburon Peninsula it became 

 noticeably scarcer after we left Poste Avance on April 6. A few were 

 observed along the trail near Bois Lacombe, on April 9. One was 

 heard in the vicinit}?^ of our camp on Pic de Macaya, at 1,275 meters, 

 on April 16, and another was seen at Bois Pin Lacadonis on April 24, 

 but it is comparatively rare in this forested section. 



On lie a Vache, April 27 to 30, the gray kingbird was recorded as 

 one of the commonest birds. 



A few^ were seen and one was collected on Beata Island, Dominican 

 Republic, May 10 to 15. 



During the latter part of May, kingbirds were generally seen in 

 pairs, indicating that mating was in progress. 



TOLMARCHUS GABBII (Lawrence) 

 HiSPANIOLAN PeTCHARY 



Pitangus Gabbii Lawrence, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, vol. 11, 1876, p. 288 

 (Hato Viejo, Mao River, Province of Santiago, Dominican Republic). 



The petchary was recorded first at Terrier Rouge, Haiti, where one 

 was seen in a recently cut over area on March 27. At Deron, on 

 April 8, several were noted and two collected. The sexual organs were 

 active, and breeding was further confirmed by observations of other 

 individuals that were carrying nesting material. 



On April 9, when we were a short distance from Deron, we noted 

 two feeding around a native beehive, but it was not determined whether 

 they were catching workers or drones. In this same region an inter- 

 esting albinistic female was collected on April 24. The crown patch 

 was normal but the balance of the plumage was a mixture of white 

 and light brown. This species was noted up to the upper limits of the 

 coffee plantations, although only one was recorded at our camp on 

 Pic de Macaya at 1,275 meters, a bird seen on April 17. 



In the Dominican Republic the species was detected on May 9, 

 near Barahona, and on May 19, when a single specimen was observed 

 as we emerged from the desert onto the main highway, 15 kilometers 

 northeast of Azua. 



