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?Colibry, Charlevoix, Hist. Isle Espagnole, vol. 1, 1733, pp. 42-43 (observa- 

 tions). 



?Colibri, Saint-Mery, Descrip. Part. Franc. lie Saint-Domingue, vol. 1, 

 1797, p. 717 (Port-de-Paix). 



Colibri, de St. Domingue, Daubentox, Planch. Enl., pi. 6S0, fig. 1. 

 Plastron Noir, Buffon, Hist. Nat. Ois., vol. 6, 1779, pp. 59-60 (part; "Saint- 

 Domingue"). 



Trochilus aurulentus, Bkyant, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 11, May, 

 1867, p. 95 (Dominican Republic, Haiti). 



Trochilus dominions, Bitter, Naturh. Iteis. Westind. Insel Hayti, 1836, p. 155 

 (specimen). 



Trochilus gramineus, Bitter, Naturh. Reis. Westind. Insel Hayti, 1836, pp. 

 153-154, 155 (specimen).— Hartlaub, Isis, 1847, pp. 609, 610 (listed). 



Polyhnus Dominiccnsis Brisson, Ornith., vol. 3, 1760, pp. 672-673, pi. 35, 

 fig. 4 ("S. Domingue"). 



Polytmus Jamaicensis Brisson, Ornith., vol. 3, 1760, pp. 679-681, pi. 35, fig. 1 

 (" S. Domingue"). 



Polytmus aurulentus (part), Viellot, Hist. Nat. Ois. Amer. Sept., vol. 2, 

 1807, p. 72 ("Saint-Domingue"). 



Polytmus elegans, Vieillot, Hist. Nat. Ois. Amer. Sept., vol. 2, 1807, p. 72 

 (" Saint-Domingue "). 



Polytmus gramineus, Vieillot, Hist. Nat. Ois. Amer. Sept., vol. 2, 1S07, p. 72 

 (" Saint-Domingue ") . 



Polytmus viridis, Vieillot, Hist. Nat. Ois. Amer. Sept., vol. 2, 1807, p. 71 

 (" Saint-Domingue "). 



Lampornis aurulenta, Salle, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1S57, p. 233 (Dominican 

 Republic). 



Lampornis aurulentus, Cory, Bull. Nuttall Ornith. Club, 1881, p. 153 (Petion- 

 ville, Haiti). — Tristram, Ibis, 1S84, p. 168 (Dominican Republic, specimen). 



Lampornis dominions, Cory, Birds Haiti and San Domingo, July, 1S84, pp. 

 90-91, 2 col. figs, (abundant) ; Cat. West Indian Birds, 1892, p. 106 (Haiti, 

 Dominican Republic). — Tristram, Cat. Coll. Birds belonging H. B. Tristram, 

 1SS9, p. 106 (Samana, specimens). — Tippenhauer, Die Insel Haiti, 1892, p. 

 322 (Haiti).— Cherrie, Field Columbian Mus., Ornith. ser., vol. 1, 1S96, p. 18 

 (common). — Christy, Ibis, 1897, p. 329 (Samana,, La Vega). — Verrill, Proc. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1909, p. 361 (common). — Kaempfer, Journ. fur 

 Ornith., 1924, p. 181 (recorded). — Porsch and Sassi, Verb. Ornith. Ges. Bayern, 

 vol. 18, 1928, p. 7 (listed). 



Lampornis dominicensis, Tippenhauer, Die Insel Haiti, 1892, p. 319 (listed). 



Anthracorax dominions, Peters, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 61, 1917, p. 414 

 (Monte Cristi, Sosua, Choc6, specimens). 



Anthracothorax dominions, Beebe, Zool. Soc. Bull., vol. 30, 1927, p. 140; Be- 

 neath Tropic Seas, 1928, p. 222 (Haiti).— Bond, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila- 

 delphia, vol. 80, 1928, p. 503 (Haiti, Gonave, Tortue).— Danforth, Auk, 1929, 

 p. 369 (common). — Lonneerg, Fauna och Flora, 1929, p. 103 (Haiti). — Moltoni, 

 Att. Soc. Ital. Scienz. Nat, vol. 68, 1929, p. 318 (Haina, San Juan, specimens). 



Resident, common. 



The present species, the largest of the three hummers resident in 

 Hispaniola, is widely distributed from sea-level into the mountains in 

 both arid and well-watered sections so that it is the most commonly- 

 seen of its group. It is seemingly somewhat more abundant in semi- 



