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tions situations to its liking but usually not coming into the open. 

 Though found throughout the entire island records of occurrence are 

 rather few. It seems from present information to be more common 

 in the southwestern peninsula of Haiti than elsewhere. It is quiet 

 and retiring in habit and has been overlooked by many naturalists. 



Cherrie secured one at Honduras April 2, 1895, the only one that 

 he saw. Kaempfer found it only at Tubano where he says that it 

 was known as manjuila. Verrill reports it only at Miranda; Cory 

 collected two at Magua, January 26 and 31, 1883. Peters secured 

 four males at Monte Cristi and Bulla, the latter not far from the 

 type locality as Gabb collected the type specimen at Hato Viejo, 

 on the Mao River. At Monte Cristi Peters found the petchary in 

 the cactus grown scrub but it is less abundant in such situations than 

 in denser forest. In the Dominican Republic Abbott collected it 

 only near Constanza where he secured skins September 27, 28, and 

 29, 1916, and April 12, 1919. Wetmore in 1927 found a few on May 

 13 at an elevation of 450 meters in the forested hills east of Sanchez 

 on the trail that crosses to Las Terrenas. At Constanza on May 19 

 he saw one calling from a perch high in the top of a pine, uttering 

 a prolonged, rolling trill that terminated with several sharply 

 explosive notes. Danforth recorded it in 1927 near Santiago June 

 18, Vasquez June 25, Monte Cristi June 20, Azua July 9, and San 

 Juan July 10 and 11. Moltoni received one from Ciferri taken at 

 San Juan, July 7, 1929. 



In Haiti Cory secured two near Petionville in February, 1881. 

 Bartsch shot one near Jeremie April 16, 1917, and recorded the 

 species north of Port-au-Prince April 21 and 22. Abbott found it 

 rather numerous in the southwestern peninsula where he secured an 

 excellent series, including specimens from Jeremie November 20, 28, 

 29, and 30, and December 9 and 11, 1917; Moron December 19, 20, 

 and 23, 1917, and Moline January 29, 1918. Wetmore found the 

 petchary common at Fonds-des-Negres March 31 to April 5, and 

 collected several specimens. The birds were mating at this period 

 and were very noisy. Pairs were observed on several occasions flying 

 in company low through the undergrowth, the male above and almost 

 touching the female, snapping his bill loudly and continually, a 

 flight that continued from fifty to one hundred feet. On April 17 

 he saw one at Chapelle Faure in Nouvelle Touraine, and on April 26 

 and 27 recorded others at Poste Charbert near Caracol. Danforth 

 collected one at Fonds-des-Negres July 23. Bond reports them from 

 La Selle, and secured two males on Morne Malanga January 21 and 

 23, 1928. 



Beebe reports that he has exhibited this bird alive in the Zoologi- 

 cal Park in New York City. 



