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San Juan, and saw others at Monte Cristi February 22 and about 

 the fort at Puerto Plata February 26, 1916. He noted them also at 

 Abreo. 



In 1927 Wetmore saw four martins near the mouth of the Yuna 

 opposite Sanchez May 10, and shot one that was flying about a wood- 

 pecker hole in the trunk of a palm. The birds came in flight to drink 

 from the river and for a time alighted on a sandbar. On May 11 

 several were seen about the rocky islands at the entrance of San 

 Lorenzo Bay. At La Vega the birds were fairly common in town 

 being seen May 16 and 30 and June 1. They were found near the 

 crossing of the Rio Jimenoa at Jarabacoa May 17 and 30, and at 

 El Rio in the mountains May 18. Near Constanza from May 19 to 

 27 they were observed among dead pines on low ridges bordering the 

 valley, or flying high above the forests. Danforth in 1927 observed 

 the martin at Higuey, Santo Domingo City, Monte Cristi, Laguna 

 del Salodillo, and Comendador. Bond observed many flying over the 

 marshes of Lake Enriquillo. Ciferri obtained skins at Moca August 

 20, 1928, and August 11, 1929. 



The martin is fairly common in Haiti and has a long history there. 

 De Reaumur received a specimen from Chervain which may have 

 come from the western republic, though this is not certain, that was 

 described by Brisson. Vieillot remarked in 1807 that the martin was 

 found only from April to October so that its migratory habit has 

 long been recognized. It is listed by Ritter in 1836, and by Tippen- 

 hauer in 1893. Bartsch in 1917 recorded a colony nesting in hollows 

 in a tree near Trou Caiman April 4, and saw martins also near 

 Jeremie April 15 and 16, and over the Cul-de-Sac Plain near Port- 

 au-Prince April 24. Abbott recorded them on the southern peninsula 

 of Haiti only at Petit Trou cles Nippes. He collected one female on 

 May 14, 1920, at Manneville on the Etang Saumatre. In 1947 he 

 secured several at Port-de-Paix February 12, at Moustique, at eleva- 

 tions of 750 to 900 meters, March 5 and 12, and at Jean Rabel Anchor- 

 age May 30. He found a large colony in Cap-Hai'tien and says that 

 in towns they nest in holes in the ends of houses where the decay of 

 the end of a rafter has left a cavity or in similar openings. He 

 found them common also in cliffs along the sea at Port a l'Ecu and 

 Cotes de Fer, in company with the cliff swallow. Wetmore found 

 them in Haiti April 9, 1927, at 1500 meters altitude on the north 

 slopes of Morne Cabaio, and April 17 on Morne St. Vincent, near 

 Furcy. The call of this species is high in pitch and though cheerful 

 is not so full and rolling as that of the purple martin of North 

 America. Danforth in 1927 found them at Grand Goave, Aquin, 

 Les Cayes and Cap-Haitien. Perrygo recorded them at Fort Liberte 

 February 7, 1929. The specimens obtained from Hispaniola do not 

 differ from skins examined from Porto Rico. 



