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vol. 1, 1896, p. 23 (Dominican Republic).- — Verriix, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila- 

 delphia, 1909, p. 358 (Dominican Republic). 



Falco sparverius dominicensis, Peters, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 61, 1917, 

 pp. 401-402 (Monte Cristi, Sosiia, Choco, specimens). — Kaempfer, Journ. fur 

 Ornith., 1924, p. 181 (Dominican Republic ) .— Beebe, Zool. Soc. Bull., vol. 30, 

 1927, p. 140; Beneath Tropic Seas, 1928, p. 221 (Haiti).— Bond, Proc. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 80, 1928, p. 493 (Haiti, including Tortue and Gonave 

 Islands). — Danforth, Auk, 1929, p. 362 (common). — Moltoni, Att. Soc. Ital. 

 Scienz. Nat., vol. 68, 1929, pp. 310-311 (Haina, Moca, specimens). 



Cercncis dominicensis, Ciferri, Segund. Inf. An. Est. Nac. Agr. Moca, 1927, 

 p. 6 (listed). 



Resident; common except in the densest forests. Following are 

 definite records of occurrence : 



Dominican Republic: — Sanchez, San Francisco de Macoris, Pi- 

 mentel to La Vega, along the railroad (Wetmore) ; Choco, Sosiia 

 (Peters) ; Monte Cristi (Peters, Danforth) ; Miranda (Verrill) ; 

 Santiago (Wetmore) ; Puerto Plata, Magua (Cory) ; Jarabacoa, El 

 Rio, Constanza (Abbott, Wetmore) ; Comendador (Wetmore) ; 

 Nizao (Salle); Haina (Danforth). 



Haiti : — Caracol, Cap-Ha'itien, Hinche, Maissade, Las Cahobes, 

 Morne a Cabrits, (Wetmore); Dondon (Saint-Mery) ; St. Michel, 

 Fort Liberie, St. Raphael, Pont Sonde, Cerca-la-Source (Poole and 

 Perry go) ; Bombardopolis, Moustique, Fonds Verettes (Abbott) ; 

 Port-au-Prince, Damien, Carrefour, Kenskoff, Furcy, Massif de la 

 Selle near Morne La Visite, La Tremblay, Fonds-des-Negres, Mira- 

 goane, Etang Miragoane (Wetmore) ; Jeremie (Abbott) ; Gonave 

 Island, Tortue Island (Abbott, Danforth, Poole and Perrygo) ; 

 Thomazeau, Glore, Trou Caiman, Petit Goave, Trou des Roseaux 

 (Bartsch). 



The little sparrow hawk is one of the familiar species of His- 

 paniola, welcome to the eye on its open perch on pole, dead tree or 

 royal palm spike, in a land where many of the birds skulk and hide, 

 and are seen with difficulty. The sparrow hawk has characteristics 

 that readily distinguish it whether quietly at rest, hovering grace- 

 fully over some creature concealed in the grasses that may serve as 

 food, or flying across open savannas or among the trees of open for- 

 ests. Its usual call is a shrill kitty kitty kitty that proclaims it at 

 once a member of the great horde of sparrow hawks that inhabit the 

 New World. It is impetuous and playful, and frequently darts at 

 red-tailed hawks at rest or on the wing. Wetmore found it among 

 the palms of the lowlands and lower hills and also among the open 

 pines of the higher mountains. It was occasionally seen soaring 

 high above the trees but usually rested on open perches amid the 

 branches. It does not occur amid dense rain forest jungles and so is 

 more abundant in semi-arid sections than elsewhere. It seems rather 



