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Suborder Passeres 



Family HIRUNDINIDAE, Swallows 



RIPARIA RIP ARIA RIPARIA (Linnaeus) 



Bank Swallow 

 Hirunclo riparia Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, 1758, p. 192 (Sweden). 



A specimen of this migrant from North America was taken near 

 the western end of lie a Vache on April 27 by S. W. Parish. The 

 record is of particular interest since the species has been taken only 

 once before in Hispaniola, the previous record being that of Ritter^ 

 who reports that he obtained one during his travels in Haiti in 1820 

 and 1821. The bank swallow is known as a migrant in the adjacent 

 islands of Porto Rico, Cuba, and Jamaica and maj'^ therefore be more 

 regular in occurrence in Hispaniola than the tAvo observations at 

 present known seem to indicate. 



PETROCHELIDON FULVA FULVA (Vieillot) 



HISPANIOKA.N Cliff Swallow 



Eirundo fnlva Vieillot, His. Nat. Ois. Amer. Sept., vol. 1, 1807 (1808?), p. G2, 

 pi. 32 (Hispaniola). 



Half a dozen pairs were observed about the low cliffs at the west- 

 ern end of Gonave Island on March 21 and two birds were taken. 

 A male and a female in full plumage were secured at the western 

 end of lie a Vache, May 2. Following are measurements for these 

 specimens : 



Male : Wing, 99 ; tail, 43.3 ; culmen from base, 8.5 ; tarsus, 10.8 mm. 



Females (two specimens) : Wing, 99.7-100.8; tail, 43.6-45; culmen 

 from base, 8.4—8.8 ; tarsus, 11.2-12 mm. 



One preserved as a skeleton was taken at the same point on May 5. 



PROGNE DOMINICENSIS (Gmelin) 



CAKrBBEAN MarTIN 



Eirundo dominiccnsis Gmei^in, Syst. Nat., vol. 1, pt. 2, 1789, p. 1025 

 (Hispaniola). 



Two adult males were secured 10 miles east of Baraderes on April 6. 

 Family MIMIDAE, Mockingbirds and Thrashers 



MIMUS POLYGLOTTOS ORPHEUS (Linnaeus) 



Jamaican Mockingbird 



Turdus Orpheus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, 1758, p. 169 (Jamaica). 



A male of this widely distributed mocker was taken near Gibara on 

 February 21. 



