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Ricordia elegans, Porsch and Sassi, Verh. Ornith. Ges. Bayern, vol. 18, 1928, 

 p. 7 (listed). 



Ricordia swainsoni, Kaempfer, Journ. fiir Ornith., 1924, p. 181 (Dominican 

 Republic). 



Riccordia swainsoni, Lonnberg, Fauna och Flora, 1929, p. 103 (Haiti). 



Riccordia swainsonii, Ridgway, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 50, pt. 5, 1911, p. 546 

 ( Petionville, Gantier, Samana, Cattarey, Aguacate, El Valle, La Caiiita, San- 

 chez, La Vega).— Bond, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 80, 1928, p. 503 

 (mountains of Haiti). — Danforth, Auk, 1929, pp. 368-369 (recorded). 



Resident; found principally in the hills and mountains of the 

 interior. 



The emerald hummer is found mainly in heavy forest in the hills 

 and is most common in regions of considerable rainfall. Cory re- 

 corded five specimens from Samana April 27, and September 1, 3, 

 7, and 8, 1883. Tristram received one from the same point taken by 

 C. G. McGrigor, January 11, 1884. Cherrie found it only at Catar- 

 rey and Aguacate, recording sixteen skins collected. He found it 

 only in the darkest parts of the forest, usually near the ground. 

 Christy says that it was fairly common at Sanchez and La Vega, 

 while Verrill reports it as " found at all points visited but most 

 abundant at El Valle." Beck collected specimens near Sanchez 

 (probably in the hills above town) October 27, November 4 and 11, 

 and December 11, 1916. He took a series on Loma Tina January 3 

 to 19, Loma Pelona February 3, Loma Rucilla March 19, and at La 

 Vega November 28 and December 4, 1917. Abbott found it common 

 about Constanza especially in the clearing at Bohokali. He collected 

 seven specimens September 22 and 28, 1916, and April 7, 12 and 13, 

 1919. On Quita Espuela at 750 meters on April 16, 1922 he secured 

 a nest of this species in heavy forest, the nest being built on a limb 

 the size of a pencil in a small bush a meter from the ground in a sit- 

 uation where it was quite exposed. The nest is made of soft ma- 

 terial, the base being filaments of moss and fern and the cup above 

 of cottony substance mixed with coarser plant fibers, covered exter- 

 nally with bits of lichen stuck on with spider webbing. The nest is 

 50 mm. across by 60 mm. high, with the cup 25 by 35 mm. and the 

 depression 20 mm. deep. 



Kaempfer recorded this hummer only in the hills above 500 meters 

 altitude. Wetmore in 1927 found it common in the forested hills 

 back of Sanchez on May 13 and collected one specimen. He did not 

 find it there in the lowlands. He saw it at El Rio May 18, and 

 near Constanza recorded it regularly from May 22 to 27. It was 

 common in the damp, deciduous rain forests, keeping principally 

 in the shade, anywhere from ground level to the tops of the trees. 

 In early morning when the air was damp it came out occasionally 

 to feed in the open growths of pine. The wings produce a loud 



