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heard at Sanchez May 6 and 9, several were found in the woodland 

 at the mouth of the Yuna May 10, and one was recorded at San 

 Lorenzo Bay May 11. On May 9 he took an adult male from the 

 top of a tall tree and found the colors of the head remarkably bril- 

 liant. The bill, including the cere, was dull black; bare skin about 

 eye bright blue; iris reddish orange; tarsus and toes red; claws 

 dusky. Peters observed a few near Sosua February 25 to April 11, 

 1916 and collected one specimen. A few were noted March 4 at the 

 mouth of the Rio San Juan. Danforth in 1927 found this bird very 

 common in the arid section about Monte Cristi, and reports a few 

 near Santo Domingo City and San Juan. 



The species has been more frequently recorded in Haiti. Bartsch 

 found it at Petit Goave April 8 and 9, 1917, Jeremie April 10 to 12 

 and 15 to 16, and near Trou des Roseaux April 13 and 14. He 

 recorded it in the vicinity of Port-au-Prince April 19, 24 and 27. 

 Wetmore found it in the mesquites at the edge of Port-au-Prince 

 in early morning of March 29, and saw it later in the day at Damien 

 and Carrefour. At Fonds-des-Negres it was common from March 

 31 to April 5 and was heard calling constantly throughout the day. 

 The birds remained concealed in the heavy foliage here and were not 

 seen as frequently as in more arid sections. Individuals were seen 

 at the £tang Miragoane April 1, Aquin April 3, and L'Acul April 4. 

 On April 20 he recorded them at Las Cahobes, and from April 22 

 to 24 found them in small numbers near Hinche. At Poste Char- 

 bert near Caracol they were common, particularly along the Riviere 

 Trou where dozens were observed. It is possible that the birds were 

 colonizing here to breed, as is the regular habit of the subspecies 

 found in the southwestern United States. Poole and Perrygo se- 

 cured specimens at L'Atalaye January 9, St. Michel January 6 and 

 15, and Cerca-la-Source March 25, 1929. Abbott collected a male 

 at Moustique at an elevation of 450 meters, and a female at Anse 

 a Galets, Gonave Island March 5, 1920. From February 18 to 28, 

 1928 he reported the white-wing as the most common dove on 

 Gonave. On June 4, 1917 he collected two sets of two eggs each 

 at Jean Rabel Anchorage, one from a nest in a tree cactus ten feet 

 from the earth, and the other from a nest placed four feet from 

 the ground in a small tree near the sea. These eggs are white, with 

 a very faint tinge of cream, and have somewhat glossy shells. They 

 measure 29.0 by 22.6, and 29.5 by 22.7; 28.6 by 22.2 and 29.2 by 

 21.9 mm. Danforth in 1927 says that they were quite common 

 between St. Marc and Gonaives, and that he saw a few near 

 Belladere, Port-au-Prince, Etang Miragoane, Aquin, and Les Cayes. 

 They were quite common on Gonave Island. Bond reports a nest 

 with young on Gonave Island in January 1928, and one with eggs 

 at Trou Caiman in June. 



