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humming in flight. Danforth observed a few at Hato Mayor and 

 Bonao in the summer of 1927. 



Cory in 1881 reported two taken at Gantier and two near Petion- 

 ville (Le Coup) but apparently there may have been some error in 

 this as subsequently he makes no reference to specimens taken at 

 these points. The records are therefore considered doubtful as from 

 present knowledge the species in Haiti is confined to the higher 

 forested hills. Bond, however, writes (in a letter) that he has ex- 

 amined a female taken on Gonave Island. Abbott secured this spe- 

 cies near Moline on the southern peninsula at 600 meters above the 

 sea, February 1, 1918, on Morne Tranchant, near Furcy, at 1200 

 meters altitude, May 29, 1920, and near Bombardopolis at 450 meters 

 March 25, 1917. 



Wetmore in 1927 observed one near Mont Kouis on March 30 in 

 heavy forest a short distance above the sea. On La Selle from April 

 9 to 15 he found this hummer common above an elevation of 1500 

 meters. It was observed usually in the rain forest jungle but came 

 out in more open country to feed at the flowers of a species of agave. 

 A male taken April 12 at the head of the Riviere Chotard had the 

 base of the mandible dull pinkish, the rest of the bill black, iris bone 

 brown, and tarsus and toes brownish black. He found a few near 

 Hinche April 22 and 23. 



Danforth writes that these hummers were common on the Citadelle 

 Hill above Milot August 2 and 3, 1927, and that he collected speci- 

 mens that same summer at Petionville and on Gonave Island. Bond 

 found nests on June 3 and 6, 1928 on Morne Tranchant at an elevation 

 of 1,900 meters, placed in bushes a meter or more from the ground. 

 The nests were about 65 mm. high by 50 mm. in diameter. The 

 first contained one young bird while the second was not yet complete. 



Abbott says that the base of the bill in a male taken at Constanza 

 September 28, 1916, was flesh color and the remainder black. The 

 bicolored appearance of the bill, an easily seen field mark, persists 

 in the dried skin. 



The male is brilliant green above and below, with a touch of 

 velvety black on throat and breast. The female is brownish gray 

 beneath. This species is intermediate in size between the tiny ver- 

 vain and the large mango hummers being distinctly smaller than 

 the latter. The male is marked by the long forked tail. 



ANTHRACOTHORAX DOMINICUS (Linnseas) 



HISPANIOLA27 MANGO HUMMINGBIRD, Z1JMBAD0R, OUANGA NEGRE3SE 



Trochilus dominions Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 191 ("Dom- 

 inica "=Hispaniola). 



Hummingbird, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1835, p. 105 (Haiti). 



