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bird came to feed on maize ! The foundation for this curious state- 

 ment is uncertain. Danforth in 1927 found quail quite common in 

 the region west of Santo Domingo City, and on June 30 at Los 

 Alcarrizos saw a covey of five adults with several downy young. 

 Others were seen at Hato Mayor. Ciferri obtained a young bird at 

 Sabana de Guerra, in Santo Domingo Province, August 12, 1929. 



The Cuban bob-white differs from the bird introduced into Haiti 

 in being much darker colored. The male has the breast nearly solid 

 black, and shows little brown above except on the upper back. 

 The female is much more heavily barred below and more black above 

 with very little mixture of brown. 



Family NUMIDIDAE 



NUMIDA GALEATA Pallas 



GUINEA HEN, GUINEA, GALLINA DE GUINEA, PINTADO, PINTADE, 

 PINTADE MAPONNE, PINTADE SAUVAGE 



Numida galeata Pallas, Spic. Zool., vol. 1, fasc. 4, 1767, p. 13 (Based on 

 domesticated bird). 



Pintade, Charlevoix, Hist. Isle Espagnole, vol. 1, 1733, pp. 39^40 (in feral 

 state). 



Pintade marrone, Saint-Mery, Descrip. Part. Franc, lie Saint-Dorningue, 

 vol. 1, 1797, pp. 262, 717 ; vol. 2, 1798, pp. 79, 174, 621, 648, 809 (many locali- 

 ties).— Descourttlz, Voy. Nat., vol. 2, 1809, pp. 177-182 (habits). 



Pintado, Wimpffen, Voy. Saint Domingo, 1817, p. 188 (mentioned). 



Guinea-fowl, Saint-Mery, Descrip. Span, part Saint-Domingo, vol. 1. 1798, 

 pp. 305-306 (numerous). — Walton, Pres. State Span. Col. incl. partic. Rep. 

 Hispaiiola, vol. 1, 1810, p. 122 (plains of Neyba, abundant). — Kent, Forest and 

 Stream, vol. 20, 1883, p. 68 (Dominican Republic). 



Numida meleagris, Ritter, Naturh. Reis. Westind. Insel Hayti, 1836, pp. 150, 

 156 (Haiti).— Salle, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1857. p. 236 (Bani, San Juan de 

 la Maguana, Santiago, Monte Cristi). — Bryant, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 

 vol. 11, May, 1867, p. 97 (Dominican Republic). — Cory, Cat. West Indian Birds, 

 1892, p. 96 (Haiti, Dominican Republic). — Tippenhauer, Die Insel Haiti, 1892, 

 p. 320 (listed). — Christy, Ibis, 1897, p. 341 (Dominican Republic). — Verrill, 

 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1909, p. 357 (listed).— Phillips, U. S. Dept. 

 Agric. Techn. Bull. 61, April, 1928, pp. 11-12 (Dominican Republic). 



Numida galeata, Danforth, Auk, 1929, p. 362 (Haiti, Dominican Republic). 



Numida g. galeata, Beebe, Zool. Soc. Bull., vol. 30, 1927, p. 139 ; Beneath 

 Tropic Seas, 1928, p. 220 (Haiti). 



Numida galeata, Bond, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 80, 1928, p. 

 494 (Haiti). 



Introduced ; common in many localities ; at present found in largest 

 numbers in Haiti. Following are notes of recorded occurrance : 



Dominican Republic: — Bani, Santiago, (Salle) ; San Juan, Monte 

 Cristi (Salle, Danforth) ; Neiba (Walton) ; Comendador (Wet- 

 more) ; Azua, Tubano (Beck) ; near mouth of Yuna (Christy) ; 

 Sosua (Abbott). 

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