THE BIKDS OF HAITI AND THE DOMINICAN" REPUBLIC 57 



America, by Dr. Frank M. Chapman (published by D. Appleton 

 and Company, New York City), a useful work of reference; 

 though this does not treat the forms peculiar to the West Indies, 

 it includes the many migrants that come to Hispaniola from North 

 America, as well as many of the water-birds which have extended 

 ranges that carry them to the shores of the mainland as well as 

 through the Greater Antilles. 



The island covered in this account is known variously as Haiti 

 or as Santo Domingo (sometimes written San Domingo), current 

 terms that may cause some confusion where attempt is made to 

 make statement regarding the eastern or western sections since the 

 land is occupied politically by two separate countries, the Domini- 

 can Republic in the east and the Republic of Haiti in the west. 

 Difficulty at once arises when either Haiti or Santo Domingo is 

 used when reference is made to the entire island to express the in- 

 tended thought clearly, this being further complicated in references 

 from the older French works on natural history in which the present 

 area occupied by the Republic of Haiti, formerly a French colony, 

 is termed Saint-Domingue. To avoid any ambiguity of meaning 

 in the present account the name Hispaniola, used for the island by 

 the early Spanish writers, has been adopted for reference when the 

 entire area is intended, while where Haiti or the Dominican Republic 

 is mentioned reference is made to the territory occupied now by 

 these two republics. This course has been followed as the simplest 

 method to permit clear, concise statement. 



Order COLYMBIFORMES 



Family COLYMBIDAE 



COLYMBUS DOMINICUS DOMINICUS Linnaeus 



WEST INDIAN GREBE, ZARAMAGULLON, ZAMBULLIDOR, TIGTJA, PLONGEON, 

 CASTAGNEUX DE SAINT-DOMINGUE, PETIT PLONGEON 



Colymbus dominicus Linnaeus, Syst Nat., vol. 1, 1766, p. 223 (Hispaniola). 



Columbus fltiviatilis Dominicensis Brisson, Ornith., vol. 6, 1760, pp. 64-67, 

 pi. 5, fig. 2 (sent to de Reaumur by Chervain). 



Castagneux de Saint-Domingue, Buxton, Hist. Nat. Ois., vol. 8, 1781, p. 248 

 (" Saint-Domingue"). — Descourtilz, Voy. Nat., vol. 2, 1809, p. 265 (taken 

 once). 



Podiceps dominicus, Saixe, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1857, p. 237 (Higuey). — 

 Bryant, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 11, May, 1867, p. 97 (Haiti).— Cory, 

 Birds Haiti and San Domingo, March, 1885, pp. 185-186 (listed after Bryant). — 

 Tippenhauer, Die Insel Haiti, 1892, pp. 318, 323 (listed). — Lonnberg, Fauna 

 och Flora, 1929, p. 100 (Haiti, specimen). 



Podicipes dominicus, Christy, Ibis, 1897, p. 343 (Yuna swamps). 



Columbus dominicus, Ritter, Naturh. Reis. Westind. Insel Hayti, 1836, p. 

 157 (listed). 



