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breast. Immature individuals have the throat and line over the 

 eye yellowish, and the underparts dull grayish white. 



COEREBA BANANIVORA NECTAREA Wetmore 



TORTUE HONEY-CREEPER, PETIT SERIN 



Coereba bananivora nectarea Wetmore, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 42, 

 March 25, 1929, p. 118 (Tortue Island, Haiti). 



Resident on Tortue Island, Haiti. 



The honey-creeper of Tortue Island differs from that of Hispaniola 

 proper in having the throat and f oreneck slightly darker gray. This 

 difference was noted when the series from Hispaniola secured by 

 Abbott was first examined, and was verified by a specimen secured 

 March 23, 1928 by James Bond, now in the Philadelphia Academy 

 of Natural Sciences. In other respects the Tortue bird seems similar 

 to that of the main island. Following are measurements of the two 

 males in the United States National Museum : Wing 58.0 35 -58.5 

 (58.3), tail 33.9 35 -35.3 (34.6), culmen from base 12.5-13.0 35 (12.8), 

 tarsus 17.0-17.2 35 (17.1) mm. 



A female in the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences has 

 the wing 58.1, tail 54.4, culmen from base 12.9 and tarsus 16.4 mm. 



A nest collected by Abbott, not occupied at the time, is a ball made 

 of the gray moss common in the trees of many localities, lined with 

 weed stems and grasses. 



Family COMPSOTHLYPIDAE 3H 



MNIOTILTA VARIA (Linnaeus) 

 BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER, PETIT CHIT 



Motacilla varia Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, vol. 1, 17G6, p. 333 

 (Hispaniola). 



Black and white warbler, Beck, Nat. Hist., vol. 21, 1921, p. 41 (Loma Tina). 



Ficedula Dominicensis varia Bkisson, Ornith., vol. 3, 1760, pp. 529-531, pi. 

 27, fig. 5 ("S. Domingue"). 



Sylvicola varia, Bryant, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 11, May, 1S67, 

 p. 91 (Haiti). 



Mniotilta, Hartlaub, Isis, 1847, p. 609 (listed). 



Mniotilta varia, Cory, Bull. Nuttall Ornith. Club, 1881, p. 151 (Haiti) ; Birds 

 Haiti and San Domingo, March, 1884, pp. 23-24 (winter) ; Cat. West Indian 

 Birds, 1892, p. 117 (Haiti, Dominican Republic).— Tristram, Ibis, 1884, p. 168 

 (Dominican Republic, specimen). — Tippenhatjer, Die Insel Haiti, 1892, p. 321 

 (listed). — Cherrie, Field Col. Mus., Ornith. ser., vol. 1, 1896, p. 11 (Dominican 

 Republic, specimens). — Verrux, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 61, 

 1909, p. 364 (Dominican Republic).— Peters, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 61, 

 1917, p. 423 (Rio San Juan, specimen; Sosua). — Beebe, Zool. Soc. Bull., vol. 



86 Type. 



38 The following apparently refers to wood warblers which may not be identified 

 specifically. 



Pivionets, Saint-Me>y, Descrip. Part. Franc, tie Saint-Domlngue, vol. 1, 1797, p. 717 

 (Port-de-Paix). 



