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lected three on Morne Malanga, and says that he had report of it on 

 Gonave Island but did not see it there personally. On La Selle he 

 was fortunate in finding two occupied nests on June 10 and 11, 1928, 

 both being placed in deserted nest-holes of the Hispaniolan wood- 

 pecker (Chryserpes striatus), one being five meters from the ground. 

 Both sets contained two eggs, one fresh and the other slightty incu- 

 bated. The eggs are decidedly paler than pale niagara green, un- 

 marked, with the surface slightly glossed, and very slightly granular. 

 They measure 30.4 by 23.3 and 27.9 by 23.5 mm. and 31.4 by 23.9 and 

 31.1 by 23.5 mm. The green color of these eggs is entirely unex- 

 pected as in most trogons they are white, the only exceptions that- 

 come to mind being the quetzal {Pharomachrus ?nocinno) which also 

 has green eggs, and Trogonurus mexicanus which according to Salvin 

 and Godman 10 has very pale greenish eggs. 



Following are measurements taken from our series of skins. 



Males, seventeen specimens, wing 129.9-140.4 (135.2), tail 146.0- 

 161.0 (154.0), culmen from base 16.4-18.4 (17.3), tarsus 15.0-18.4 

 (16.8) mm. 



Females, four specimens, wing 132.6-141.0 (136.6), tail 150.0-161.0 

 (154.0), culmen from base 15.9-17.1 (16.5), tarsus 16.3-16.7 (16.4) 

 mm. 



The Hispaniolan trogon is metallic green above, gray on the throat 

 and breast, and delicate red on the abdomen and under tail-coverts, 

 with prominent spots of white at the tips of the tail feathers. The 

 male differs from the female in having a bluish cast on the back, and 

 the wing coverts barred narrowly with lines of white. The species is 

 about as large as the sparrowhawk. 



Order CORACIIFORMES 



Suborder Alcedines 



Superfamily ALCEDINIDES 



Family ALCEDINIDAE 



Subfamily Cerylinae 



MEGACERYLE ALCYON ALCYON (Linnaeus) 

 BELTED KINGFISHER, MARTIN PESCADOR, MARTIN-PECHEUR 



Alcedo alcyon Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, 1758, p. 115 (North 

 America). 



Martin-pecheur hupe\ de St. Domingue, Daubenton, Planch. Enl., pi. 593 

 (figure of male). 



Ispidina Dominicensis cristata Brisson, Ornith., vol. 4, 1760, pp. 515-517 

 (" S. Domingue"). 



10 Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, vol. 2, 1896, p. 488. 



