168 Canon Tristram on San Domingo Birds. 



observes that the sjiecimen came from Brazil^ and that he 

 cannot make SiindevaH's description agree with the Haytian 

 bird. Now all that Sundevall says is, that the bird was in a 

 very rich collection acquired in Brazil by the Swedish consul 

 Westin, and made by Freyreiss. But the avifauna of Brazil 

 is pretty well known, and it is scarcely jirobable that a Bra- 

 zilian Woodpecker should have remained for nearly seventy 

 years represented by a unique specimen, and there is no 

 proof, or even assertion, of the real habitat of the type. 

 Moreover, having before me the descriptions and measure- 

 ments of Sundevall and Mr. Cory, I am unable to detect the 

 most trivial discrepancy between them, and both exactly 

 agree with Mr. McGrigor's male specimen. It is very pro- 

 bable that SundevalFs type came originally from Hayti, and 

 his name therefore must stand. 



Mr. McGrigor's collection contains the following species : — 

 Mimocichla ardesiaca, Mniotilta varia, Parula americana, 

 Dendrosca ccerulescens, Setopha(/a ruticilla, Dulus dominicus, 

 Euphonia musica, Phoenicophiluspalmarum, Loxigilla violacea, 

 Phonipara bicolor, Icterus dominicensis , Quiscalus ater, Tyran- 

 nus dominicensis, Lampornis aurulentus, Picumnus micromegas 

 ( = P. lawrencii, Cory), Centurus striatus, Todus subulatus, 

 Ceryle alcyon, Saurothera dominicensis, Conurus euops, Cha- 

 nfKepeliapasserina, Columba leucocephala, Ardea ccErulea, Ardea 

 virescens, Ardea candidissima, ^yEgialitis semipalmatus , 

 ^ Strepsilas interpres, Phoenicopterus ruber, ^Platalea ajaja. 



The three species marked § are not included by Dr. Bryant 

 in his list of the birds of San Domingo (Proc. Boston Soc. 

 Nat. Hist. vol. xi. p. 89). 



Unfortunately no localities are given ; but I believe the 

 collection was made near Samana, on the N.E. of San Do- 

 mingo. Mr. McGrigor expects shortly to spend some time 

 in the mountains between Samana and Santiago, and we may 

 hope that in his leisure time he may be able to add much 

 more to our knowledge of the interior mountain region. 



