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Following is a digest of localities at which this tody has been 

 reported : 



Dominican Republic : Santo Domingo City, Seibo (Danforth), San 

 Juan (Wetmore, Danforth) ; San Jose de Ocoa, Honduras. San 

 Cristobal (Cherrie) ; Los Alcarrizos (Wetmore) ; Hondo, below Con- 

 stanza (Abbott) ; Cana Honda (Verrill) ; Sanchez (Hartert, Verrill, 

 Abbott, Wetmore) ; Samana (Tristram, Verrill) ; Laguna, Rojo Cabo 

 (Abbott) ; La Vega (Verrill, Wetmore) ; Jarabacoa (Wetmore) ; 

 Monte Cristi (Peters, Danforth) ; Sosua, Choco, Rio San Juan, 

 Arroyo Salado (Peters) ; Haina, San Juan (Ciferri). 



Haiti: Moron, Moline, (Abbott); Jeremie (Abbott. Bartsch) ; 

 Trou des Roseaux (Bartsch) ; Aquin, Fonds-des-Negres L'Acul, 

 fitang Miragoane (Wetmore) ; Miragoane, Petit Goave, Trou 

 Caiman, Glore (Bartsch) ; Port-au-Prince (Younglove, Bartsch) ; 

 Fonds Verettes (Abbott) ; Damien, Sources Puantes, Mont Rouis, 

 La Tremblay, Riviere Jaquisy, to 1700 meters altitude on La Selle, 

 Petionville, Morne a Cabrits, Las Cahobes, Hinche, Maissade, Cara- 

 col (Wetmore) ; Dondon (Saint-Mery, Poole and Perrygo) ; Bom- 

 bardopolis, Mole St. Nicolas, Moustique (Abbott) ; St. Michel, 

 L'Ataiaye, Cerca-la-Source, St. Raphael, Fort Liberte (Poole and 

 Perrygo) ; Gonave Island (Abbott, Bond, Emlen, Poole and Per- 

 rygo, Danforth). 



On the north slope of La Selle below Morne Cabaio Wetmore 

 found this tody in April to an elevation of 1700 meters, which seems 

 to be near its maximum elevation for regular occurrence. Elsewhere, 

 where the slopes are lower, it may range over the tops of the 

 mountains. In ascending the range of hills back of Sanchez this 

 species was found on the south facing slopes to the very top, where 

 a few were encountered in the edge of the range of the narrow- 

 billed tody to which the Hispaniolan tody then gave way and dis- 

 appeared. Abbott and Wetmore did not find it in the Valley of 

 Constanza though Abbott collected specimens at Hondo a short dis- 

 tance below. This tody ranged in small numbers in the mangrove 

 swamps of the Yuna and Barrancota on Samana Bay, and was fairly 

 common among the cacti and mesquites that formed the arid scrubs 

 near L'Arcahaie, all of which will illustrate its adaptability to en- 

 vironment, and makes it appear the more curious that it does not 

 penetrate through all of the dense rain forests that cover the moun- 

 tains. 



The Hispaniolan tody is common on Gonave Island where Abbott 

 collected a considerable series, but is not found at all on Tortue 

 Island, a curious circumstance. It is not recorded at present from 

 Saona Island. 



The tody is so strikingly marked with green back and brilliant red 

 throat that it attracts the eye in spite of its small size and so is known 



