THE BIRDS OF HAITI AND THE DOMINICAN" REPUBLIC 213 



In Haiti the parrot though fairly common seems less abundantly 

 distributed than in the Dominican Republic, though here again 

 many are seen in captivity. Saint-Mery in 1797 reported them from 

 Dondon. Bryant in the middle of the nineteenth century while on 

 Great Inagua Island in the Bahamas saw a number of these parrots 

 brought in captivity from Haiti. Cory in 1881 reported the species 

 as abundant on the coast in summer and procured one specimen at 

 Jeremie. During Abbott's investigation he recorded parrots as gen- 

 erally distributed but not particularly common except on Grande 

 Cayemite Island where in January, 1918, they abounded (specimen 

 taken January 6). He shot one at Jeremie December 26, 1917, and 

 one at Furcy June 1, 1920. Two were taken at Moustique, at eleva- 

 tions of 600 and 900 meters on March 3 and 4, 1917. G. S. Miller, jr., 

 collected three (two preserved as skeletons) near St. Michel, 

 March 12, 1925. Wetmore found parrots in numbers on the high 

 ridge of La Selle from April 9 to 15, 1927, where they were observed 

 feeding about the plantations of the Jardins Bois Pin or in flight 

 above the pine forests in morning and evening. In traveling long 

 distances the flocks though maintaining coherence were divided 

 clearly into pairs or groups of three that flew closely, the third in- 

 dividual probably being a young bird still accompanying its parents. 

 Above Hinche a few were seen near the Bassin Zime April 24, and 

 at Caracol on April 26 and 27, flocks were seen in morning and 

 evening flight. Danforth found them in 1927 between St. Marc 

 and Gonai'ves. Bond records them from La Selle, Chaine des 

 Mateux, Montaignes Noires, and Massif du Nord, and Poole and 

 Perrygo recorded them at St. Michel December 21 and 23, 1928, 

 and Grand Riviere January 21, 1929. 



On Gonave Island Abbott observed a few parrots high up on the 

 hillsides from February 18 to 28, 1918, but found none there in 

 1920. He did not see them on Tortue Island. Bond says that par- 

 rots are fairly common on the higher parts of Gonave Island, and 

 Perrygo saw a pair at En Cafe March 9 and four March 10. The 

 birds were very wild so that none were taken. 



The series in the United States National Museum has the follow- 

 ing measurements : 



Males, 12 specimens, wing 178.5-192.0 (186.4), tail 91.4-107.3 

 (98.8), culmen from cere 24.3-28.5 (26.0), tarsus 18.7-21.9 

 (20.5) mm. 



Females, 5 specimens, wing 171.0-185.0 (181.1), tail 93.0-103.9 

 (98.2), culmen from cere 24.2-26.1 (25.2), tarsus 20.2-22.8 (21.6) mm. 



The parrot is clear green in general coloration with blue on the 

 crown and sides of the head, and on the wings, white on the fore- 

 head and in front of the eye, and more or less red on the abdomen. 



