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Aquin April 3, and one near Caracol April 27, 1927. Bond saw a 

 number near Port-de-Paix and collected one. Poole and Danforth 

 found them at St. Louis July 23, Les Salines July 30, and at Anse a 

 Galets and Etroites, Gonave Island July 17. Poole and Perrygo in 

 1929 collected one on Tercero Island January 31, and one on Muertos 

 Island February 4, both of these being in the Seven Brothers group. 

 At Fort Liberte they secured five on February 9. 



The black-bellied plover during winter is found on open mud- 

 flats, usually near coastal lagoons, but occasionally appears on sandy 

 beaches. It is fairly large of body and has an erect carriage so that 

 it is easily seen among other shorebirds with which it may be as- 

 sociated. 



In winter dress, in which the species is usually seen in Hispaniola, 

 the sides of the head and under parts are white, the breast somewhat 

 streaked with dusky, and the upper parts brownish gray mottled 

 somewhat with white. The axillar feathers are black. Birds found 

 in late spring or early fall may be in breeding dress, in which they 

 are pale gray above, spotted with brownish black, with the under- 

 parts and sides of head black. The bird is distinctly larger than a 

 killdeer, has the wing ranging from 178 to 199 mm. and possesses 

 a small but distinct hind toe. 



Subfamily Arenariinae 



ARENARIA INTERPRES MORINELLA (Linnaeus) 

 RUDDY TURNSTONE, PLAYERO TURCO 



Tringa morinella Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 249 (coast of 

 southeastern Georgia). 



Strepsilas interpres, Teistbam, Ibis, 1SS4, p. 18S (Dominican Republic). 



Arenaria interpres, Cory, Cat. West Indian Birds, 1892, p. 92 (Haiti, Domini- 

 can Republic).— Verriix, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1909, p. 356 

 (Samana Bay). 



Arenaria interpres morinella, Petees, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zo-ol., vol. 61, 1917, p. 

 406 (Monte Cristi, Gaspar Hernandez). — Bond, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila- 

 delphia, vol. 80, 1928, p. 496 (Jaquesy, Fort Liberte).— Danforth, Auk, 1929, p. 

 364 (Les Salines, Monte Cristi). 



Winter visitant along the coast ; fairly common. 



Though there are few records for the turnstone this is probably 

 due to lack of observation rather than to rarity of the bird, which 

 should be distributed in fair numbers through the coastal lagoons. 



The earliest report is that of Tristram, who received a skin from 

 C. McGrigor taken in the Dominican Republic, probably near 

 Samana. Verrill reported them common on the little cays in 

 Samana Bay. There are two specimens in the collection of J. H. 

 Fleming taken by Verrill on Cayo Levantado opposite Samana on 

 February 14, 1907. Peters saw them at Monte Cristi during the 



