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au Prince, Haiti, March 28 and 31; Petite Gonave Island, March 19; 

 at the western end of Gonave Island, March 21; and on Grande 

 Cayemite Island, April 13. 



DENDROICA STRIATA (Forster) 



Black-poll Warbler 



Muscioapa striata J. R. Fobsteb, Phil. Trans., vol. 62, 1772, pp. 406, 428 (Fort 

 Severn, west coast of Hudson Bay). 



Two black-poll warblers taken on May 2 and 6 on lie a Vache con- 

 stitute an interesting record, since there has been only one previous 

 report of this bird in the Republic of Haiti, that of James Bond who 

 found it on Gonave Island on May 15, 1928. 



SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS AUROCAPILLUS (Linnaeus) 



OVBNBIRD 



MotaoUla aurocapilla Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 334 (at sea, 

 about 30 miles from Hispauiola). 



Four skins obtained come from 10 miles southwest of Port au 

 Prince, Haiti, March 31 ; and from Petite Cayemite Island, April 14 

 and 15. One of the latter, a male, has the dark streaks on each side 

 of the crown reduced to a very narrow line. One taken at Bigie Bay 

 on April 23 was preserved in alcohol. 



SEIURUS NOVEBORACENSIS NOVEBORACENSIS (Gmelin) 



Northern WatertTHbush 



Motacilla noveboracensis Gmemn, Syst. Nat., vol. 1, pt. 2, 1789, p. 958 (New 

 York). 



A female with the browner coloration and smaller size representa- 

 tive of this race was taken on Cayo Grande de Moa, Cuba, on March 4. 



A female from Petite Gonave Island, Haiti, March 19, and a male 

 from lie a Vache, May 6, belong also to the eastern race of this bird. 

 The latter date is later than the bird has been recorded previously 

 from this region. 



SEIURUS NOVEBORACENSIS NOTABILIS RIdgway 



GRINNEiLL'S Watek-thrush 



Seiurus naenius notabilis Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 3, 1880, p. 12 

 (shores of Como Lake, Carbon County, Wyo.). 



Two females were taken on Cayo Grande de Moa, Cuba, March 6. 

 A male from Grande Cayemite Island, taken April 13, adds another 

 record of occurrence for this race in Haiti. 



