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Dendroica magnolia 



Dendroica discolor 



Dendroica striata 



Seiurus aurocapillus aurocapillus 



JSeiurus motacilla 



Seiurus noveboracensis noveboracensis 



Seiurus noveboracensis notdbilis 



Geothlypis trie has trichas 



Geothlypis trichas brachidactyla 



Setophaga ruticilla 



Dolichonyx oryzivorus 



Hedymeles ludoviciana 

 Of numerous attempts at the introduction of exotic birds definite 

 success seems to have attended the experiment with only four kinds, 

 namely, Colinus v. virginianus, Colinus v. cubanensis, Numida gale- 

 ata, and Textor c. cucullatus. Lieutenant Wirkus of the Gendar- 

 merie is reported to have brought guinea fowl to Gonave Island 

 in an attempt to establish them there as a game bird but so far as 

 known without success, as this species has not been recorded wild. 

 Gonave seems to have been the field for earlier experiments of this 

 sort since in the account of Moreau Saint-Mery (vol. 2, 1798, p. 529) 

 we read that " depuis cette epoque [1787] & pendant son generalat, 

 M. de la Luzerne s'est occupe de peupler la Gonave de plusieurs 

 animaux utiles — II y a fait mettre des pacaris venus de Carthagene, 

 des Agamis tires de Cayenne, & on vient d'y lacher 4 paires de 

 tourterelles & deux oiseaux martins de L'Isle de France." Nothing 

 is known further of these attempts. 



The peacock seems to have become wild on the plains of Neyba, 

 Dominican Republic near the close of the eighteenth century as 

 Saint-Mery 12 says " Here it is also that are found the royal or 

 crowned peacocks (a mixture of the white and colored peacock), 

 which are highly esteemed, because they have a more delicate flavour 

 than the common peacocks, and because the beauty of the brilliant 

 plumage surpasses that of the peacocks in Europe." He says they 

 were also found at Azua. Walton 13 records them from Neyba 

 saying " nor can anything be more pleasing than to see flocks of this 

 animal feeding in stately parade in the rich bottoms. Though their 

 plumage is not so brilliant as those we domesticate in Europe it still 

 varies to the sight in gay colours. * * * This is the only quar- 

 ter where the bird is seen collectively." 



^Descrip. Span. Part Saint-Domingo, vol. 1, 1798, pp. 85, 306. 



13 Pres. State Span. Col. incl. partic. Rep. Hispanola, vol. 1, 1810, pp. 121-122. 



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