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ANOUS STOLIDUS STOLIDUS (Linnaeus) 

 NODDY TERN 



Sterna stolida Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, 1758, p. 137 (West In- 

 dies). — Bryant, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 11, May, 1S67, p. 97 (Haiti). 



Anous stolidus, Coky, Birds Haiti and San Domingo, March, 1885, pp. 182-183 

 (common) ; Cat. West Indian Birds, 1892, p. 83 (Haiti, Dominican Republic). — 

 Tippenhauek, Die Insel Haiti, 1892, p. 323 (listed). 



Anous s. stolidus, Beebe, Zool. Soc. Bull., vol. 30, 1927, p. 138; Beneath Tropic 

 Seas, 1928, p. 218 (Bizoton). 



Anous stolidus stolidus, Ekman, Est. Agr. Moca, Ser. B., Bot, No. 17, January, 

 1930, pp. 12, 13 (Tercero, Ratas, breeding). — Moltoni, Att. Soc. Ital. Scienz. 

 Nat., vol. 68, 1929, p. 314 (Seven Brothers Group, specimen). 



Probably of regular occurrence along the coast; abundance un- 

 certain. 



Bryant reported the noddy as abundant off the coast, while Cory 

 says that it is common in summer. The only recent record is that 

 of Beebe who says "an unmistakable Noddy flew swiftly past the 

 schooner early one morning after a very severe storm which had 

 lasted most of the night." This was at Bizoton near Port-au-Prince. 

 Ekman writes that the noddy nests abundantly on Tercero and 

 Ratas Islands in the Seven Brothers Islands where the native fisher- 

 men call it " bubi." Ciferri obtained one here in July, 1929. 



The noddy is known to nest on Mona and Desecheo Islands 

 and in some of the Bahama Islands so that it should range regularly 

 to the coasts of Hispaniola. Possibly colonies may be found on some 

 of the coastal islands. It is found at sea or about the islands on 

 which it nests, and elsewhere does not come near shore except by 

 accident. 



The noddy tern is of medium size in its group, and is easily told by 

 its sooty brown color with a wash of grayish white on the crown. 



Order COLUMBIFORMES 

 Suborder Columbae 



Family COLUMBIDAE 63 



COLUMBA LEUCOCEPHALA Linnaeus 



WHITE-CROWNED PIGEON, PALOMA CABEZA BIANCA, PALOMA AQUITA, 

 RAMIER, PIGEON A COTJRONNE BLANCHE, RAMIER TETE BLANCHE 



Columba leucocephala Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, 1758, p. 164 

 (Bahama Islands). — Bitter, Naturh. Reis. Westind. Insel Hayti, 1836, p. 156 

 (specimen). — Saixe, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1857, p. 235 (Dominican Repub- 



63 Cory, in the Auk, 1887, p. 120, remarks of the ring-dove Streptopelia risoria (Lin- 

 naeus) that he had a specimen in his collection marked " San Domingo." Since this 

 species is known only in captivity it does not have definite status in the list of birds 

 from Hispaniola. 



