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W. L. Abbott collected skins at Laguna August 9, 1916, and March 

 9, 1919, and Eojo Cabo, August 28 and 30, 1916, both localities being 

 on the Samana Peninsula. He secured one at El Rio in the interior 

 October 5, and one near Jarabacoa October 11, 1916. In 1919 he 

 collected one May 4, near Hondo, below Constanza. Kaempfer 

 reports the species as common at Tiibano near the locality last 

 mentioned. 



In 1927 Wetmore recorded this thrush in small numbers between 

 Comendador and Azua April 30 and May 1. At Sanchez May 7 to 

 13 it was found in some numbers, particularly in the forested hills 

 inland. The birds were in molt at this time. On the trail from 

 Jarabacoa to Constanza this thrush was seen frequently May 17, 

 18, 29 and 30, and at Constanza from May 19 to 27 it was common. 

 A few were observed in the lowlands between La Vega and Santiago 

 May 31. Danforth in the summer of 1927 observed it at Seibo, 

 Santo Domingo City, Los Alcarrizos, Bonao, La Vega and Monte 

 Cristi. Ciferri obtained skins at San Juan and at 1200 to 1500 meters 

 on Monte Vie jo. 



Writing of Haiti, Vieillot terms this thrush the rossignol de. <mon- 

 tagne and describes the eggs as "blancs et tachetes de noir," in which 

 he was in error as will be seen by the description given below. 

 Younglove collected several of these thrushes in April and May, 

 1866 which he sent to the Smithsonian Institution, while Cory 

 reported them in 1881 as common at an altitude of 750 meters near 

 Fort Jacques, and as seen occasionally in dense cover near Port-au- 

 Prince. Bartsch in 1917 recorded this species at Thomazeau April 

 2, Glore April 3, Trou Caiman April 4, Petit Goave April 8, Trou 

 des Roseaux April 13, and near Jeremie April 15 and 16. Abbott 

 secured specimens at La Grotte, December 8, Jeremie December 12, 

 and Moron December 20, 1917. In the north of Haiti he obtained 

 two near Bombardopolis March 21, and one at Moustique March 11, 

 of the same year. On Gonave Island he found them fairly common 

 securing specimens February 22 and 24, 1918, and March 3, 1920. 

 Moreau de Saint-Mery wrote in 1797 that Pointe des Oiseaux on 

 Tortue Island was named from the large numbers of birds particu- 

 larly merles there found so that it is interesting to report that Abbott 

 found the thrush common on Tortue in 1917, collecting a female on 

 February 8. On May 20, 1917 a native brought him a nest of this 

 species containing one egg, the nest being loosely constructed of 

 banana fibres and some mud. The egg is pale glaucous-green covered 

 with broad, poorly defined spots of cameo and walnut brown. It 

 measures 32.8 by 22.3 mm. A second nest found May 22, placed in a 

 mass of orchids about three and one half meters from the ground, 

 contained two young and an addled egg, the latter being collected. 



