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{Hyla dominicensis) and the following birds: 2 mourning doves 

 {Zenaidura m. macroura), 4 ground-doves (G haemepelia p. insu- 

 laris), 2 mangrove cuckoos {Goccyzus m. teres), 4 lizard cuckoos 

 {Saurothera I. longirostris) , 1 solitaire (Myadestes g. montanus), 1 

 palm-chat {Dulus d. dominicus), 1 weaver-finch {Textar c. cu-culla- 

 tus) , 1 Jamaican vireo (Vireo o. olivaceus) , 2 warblers {Dendroica 

 sp.), 5 palm tanagers {Phaenicophilus p. palmarum), 1 grassquit 

 (Tiaris o. olivacea), 1 grassquit {Tiaris b. marchii), 1 grosbeak 

 {Loxigilla v. affirm). The above list does not include the numbers of 

 the different mammals found as this data was not available. 



In a cave near L'Acul, Haiti, on April 1, 1927, Wetmore collected 

 a quantity of pellet material beneath a ledge where a barn owl 

 rested and from it identified the following : 41 brown rats (Rattus 

 rattus), 29 house mice {Mus musculus), 27 bats of 4 species {Arti- 

 beus j. jamaicensis, Phyllops haitiensis, Macrotus w. waterhousii, 

 and Monophyllus cubanus ferreus), 3 young domestic fowl from ten 

 to twenty days old {Gallus gallus), 1 wild pigeon {Columba sp.), 

 1 ground dove {C haemepelia p. insularis), 1 young quail-dove 

 {Oreopeleia sp), 1 lizard-cuckoo {Saurothera I. longirostris) , 1 ani 

 (Crotophaga ani), 1 Hispaniolan tody {Todus subulatus), 1 His- 

 paniolan woodpecker {Chryserpes striatus), 3 palm-chats {Dulus 

 d. dominions), 1 weaver-finch {Textor c. cucullatus), 12 Jamaican 

 vireos {Vireo o. olivaceus), 4 palm tanagers {Phaenicophilus p. 

 pahnarum), 3 grassquits {Tiaris &. olivaceus), 1 grosbeak {Loxigilla 

 v. affinis), 1 large tree-lizard {Anolis ricordii), and 12 tree-toads 

 {Hyla dominicensis). 



From about the nest of a barn owl in the sink hole called by the 

 natives Trujin, located on the high ridge of La Selle below Morne 

 La Visite on April 15, 1927, Wetmore collected another lot of pellet 

 material that included the following: 134 brown rats {Rattus rat- 

 tus), 6 house mice {Mus musculus), 4 bats {Eptesicus hispaniolae) , 

 1 black swift {Nephoecetes n. niger), 1 cloud swift {Streptoprocne 

 z. melanotis), 1 Hispaniolan trogon {Temnotrogon roseigaster) , 2 

 Hispaniolan siskins {Loximitris dominicensis), 4 Hispaniolan cross- 

 bills {Loxia megaplaga) . The presence of the remains of two swifts 

 in this material can be explained only on the supposition that they 

 were captured among rock ledges when asleep at night as it would 

 be impracticable for an owl to take birds of such rapid flight except 

 when they were at roost. 



In the early spring of 1928 G. S. Miller, jr., and H. W. Krieger 

 of the United States National Museum while searching caves at San 

 Lorenzo Bay in the Dominican Kepublic collected a quantity of pel- 

 let material in one cave from which the following are identified: 

 6 tree frogs {Hyl-a dominicensis), 16 ground lizards {Ameiva sp.), 



