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he worked. Christy found large green orthoptera in the stomach 

 of two that he skinned. J. H. Fleming has a considerable series 

 collected by Verrill at Cana Honda, El Valle, Sanchez, near Samana, 

 and at La Vega. Kaempfer describes a nest found near Jarabacoa 

 as a flat, poorly made structure composed of a few leaves placed on 

 the stump of a tree 50 cm. from the ground. He reports orthoptera 

 and a snake 42 cm. long in the stomachs of specimens collected. 

 Abbott secured specimens at Laguna on the Samana Peninsula, near 

 Jarabacoa, and in the vicinity of Constanza. Wetmore observed 

 a number at Constanza, and near El Rio, so that the species seems 

 to range from the sea coast through the interior over the high 

 mountains. Abbott reports one shot but not preserved on Saona 

 Island September 12 to 18, 1919. 



Danforth collected a young bird barely able to fly near Monte 

 Cristi June 22, 1927. In the stomach of one bird he found two 

 cockroach nymphs and two cicadas (Odopoea cincta), and in an- 

 other two large cicadas, a small grasshopper, and a lizard of the genus 

 Anolis. Ciferri sent specimens to Moltoni from Haina, Bonao, and 

 the Sabana San Thome near San Juan. 



In Haiti, as has been said, the bird occurs wherever there is cover. 

 In 1866 A. E. Younglove found it common as he forwarded eight 

 from Port-au-Prince and Jeremie to the Smithsonian Institution. 

 Abbott secured one near Furcy, and Wetmore saw numbers on the 

 summit of La Selle. The bird extends through the Cul-de-Sac plain 

 and the great central plain, and is common in the north. Abbott 

 found it common on Tortue Island where he collected three specimens. 

 Beebe brought living specimens to New York for exhibit in the 

 Zoological Park. 



A male collected by Wetmore at Fonds-des-Negres April 2, 1927, 

 had the maxilla and tip of mandible dull black; rest of mandible 

 pale neutral gray; center of lower eyelid neutral gray; rest of bare 

 skin about eye clear red ; tarsus and toes neutral gray ; under sides of 

 toes yellowish. 



Following is the occurrence of this species as recorded by Wetmore 

 in 1927: 



Dominican Republic: Comendador, April 30; San Juan May 1; 

 Sanchez May 6 to 13 ; La Vega to El Rio May 17 ; Constanza May 

 18 to 27. 



Haiti; Port-au-Prince, March 29; Fonds-des-Negres March 31 to 

 April 4; Aquin, April 3; La Tremblay, April 7; Riviere Jaquisy 

 April 8 and 9; Massif de la Selle, April 9 to 15; Chapelle Faure, 

 April 17; Morne a Cabrits, April 20; Las Cahobes, April 20; Hinche, 

 April 20 to 24; Maissade, April 21; Caracol, April 26. 



