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CENTURUS SUPERCILIARIS SUPERCILIARIS (Temminck) 



SuPEECiLiARY Woodpecker 



Pious superciliaris Tkmminck, Nouv. Rec. Planch. Col. Ois., livr. 73, July, 1827, 

 pi. 433, with text (Cuba). 



Four specimens: Gibara, February 25; Tanamo, March 2; mouth 

 of Rio Moa, opposite Cayo Grande de Moa, March 6. 



NESOCTITES MICROMEGAS (Sundevall) 

 HiSPANIOLAN PiCULET 



Picumnus micromegas Sundevall, Consp. Avium Pic, 1866, p. 96 (Hispaniola). 



Two males were obtained by S. W. Parish and W. M. Perrj^go 10 

 miles east of Baraderes. The piculet was collected a little farther 

 east, near Miragoane, by James Bond, and from the present record it 

 may be expected to range throughout the southwestern peninsula. 



Order PASSERIFORMES 



Suborder Tyranni 



Family TYRANNIDAE, Tyrant Flycatchers 



TYRANNUS DOMINICENSIS DOMINICENSIS (Gmelin) 

 Gray Kingbird 

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



The 11 skins taken of the omnipresent gray kingbird come from the 

 following localities : Gibara, Cuba, February 25 ; 10 miles southwest 

 of Port au Prince, Haiti, March 31; Petite Gonave Island, March 

 19; Grande Cayemite Island, April 13; Petite Cayemite Island, April 

 12 and 13; lie a Vache, April 30 and May 3. The presence of this 

 bird on the smaller islands is of interest. 



Young individuals preserved in alcohol were taken on Petite Caye- 

 mite on April 16 and on lie a Vache on May 3. 



TYRANNUS CUBENSIS Richmond 



Giant Kingbird 



Tyrannus cubensis Richmond, Auk, 1898, p. 330 (Cuba). 



A male was taken on March 8 near the mouth of the Rio Fabrico, 

 opposite Cayo Grande de Moa. The giant kingbird is reported now 

 to be rare. 



