ART. 2 BIRDS COLLECTED IN CUBA AND HAITI WETMORE 25 



Order MICROPODIFORMES 



Suborder Micropodii 

 Family MICROPODIDAE, Swifts 



TACHORNIS PHOENICOBIA PHOENICOBIA Gosse 

 Palm Swift 



Tachornis plioenicohia Gosse, Birds of Jamaica, 1847, p. 58 (Jamaica). 



A female of this interesting swift was taken by Lee Parish at Petit 

 Trou de Nippes on April 9. 



Suborder Trochili 

 Family TROCHILIDAE, Hummingbirds 



MELLISUGA MINIMA VIELLOTI (Shaw) 



HisPANioLAN Vervain Hummingbibd 



Troohilus iHelloti Shaw, Gen. Zool., vol. 8, pt. 1, 1812, p. 347 (Hispaniola). 



Specimens that were preserved in alcohol were obtained on Gonave 

 Island on March 23, and on Petite Cayemite Island on April 13 

 and 14. 



RICCORDIA RICORDII RICORDII (Gerrais) 

 Ricord's Emerald Hummingbird 



Trochilus ricordii Gervais, Mag. Zool., Mar., 1835, CI. II, pis. 41, 42 (Santiago, 

 Cuba). 



A male was taken near Gibara on February 21, and a female on 

 Turones Cay, near Puerto de Tanamo, on March 2. 



ANTHRACOTHORAX DOMINICUS (Linnaeus) 



HisPANioLAN Mango Hummingbird 



Trochilus dominicus Linnabkjs, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 191 (His- 

 paniola). 



This large hummingbird is represented by five skins and five 

 skeletons and alcoholics taken on Gonave Island on March 21 and 23 ; 

 Petite Cayemite Island on April 13 and 17 ; and lie a Vache on April 

 30 and May 1. The species is common on Gonave, and is reported 

 here for the first time from Petite Cayemite and lie a Vache. 



