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Hinche a male was taken April 20 and a female seen April 23. 

 Bond records it at Port-au-Prince and on Gonave, and Poole and 

 Perry go collected specimens at St. Michel January 14, St. Raphael 

 January 11, Dondon January 19, Fort Liberte February 16, Pont 

 Sonde February 27, St. Marc February 25, Plaine Mapou, Gonave 

 Island March 12, and Cerca-la-Source March 21 and 24, 1929; at 

 the latter point it was plentiful. Ekman found it on Navassa 

 Island in October, 1928. 



The black and white warbler is from 115 to 130 mm. long with 

 long, slender bill. The plumage is streaked black and white both 

 above and below in the male, and white with faint dusky streaks on 

 the sides in the female. 



COMPSOTHLYPIS AMERICANA PUSILLA (Wilson) 

 NORTHERN PARULA WARBLER, PETIT CHIT 



Sylvia pusilla Wilson, Amer. Ornith., vol. 4, 1811, p. 71, pi. 28, fig. 3 (Eastern 

 Pennsylvania). 



Sylvia torquata, Vietllot, Hist. Nat. Ois. Amer. Sept., vol. 2, 1807, p. 38 

 ( " Saint-Domingne " ) . 



Parula americana, Cory, Bull. Nuttall Ornith. Club, 1SS1, p. 151 (Gonaives, 

 Port-au-Prince) ; Birds Haiti and San Domingo, March, 1884, pp. 24-25 (win- 

 ter). — Tristram, Ibis, 1S84, p. 168 (Dominican Republic, specimen) ; Cat. Coll. 

 Birds belonging H. B. Tristram, 1889, p. 174 (Rivas, specimen ). — Tippenhatjer, 

 Die Insel Haiti, 1892, p. 321 (listed). 



Parula americana, Verrill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 61, 1909, 

 p. 364 (Dominican Republic).— Cory, Cat. West Indian Birds, 1892, p. 117 

 (Haiti, Dominican Republic). — Cherrie, Field Col. Mus., Ornith. ser., vol. 1, 

 1896, p. 11 (Dominican Republic, specimens). 



Compsothlypis americana usneae, Peters, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 61, 

 1917, p. 423 (Monte Cristi).— Beebe, Zool. Soc. Bull., vol. 30, 1927, p. 141; Be- 

 neath Tropic Seas, 1928, pp. 53, 223 (Haiti, specimen). 



Compsothlypis americana pusilla, Bond, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 

 vol. SO, 1928, p. 512 (Haiti, Gonave).— Moltoni, Att. Soc. Ital. Scienz. Nat., 

 vol. 68, 1929, p. 322 (San Juan, specimens). 



Winter visitant from North America ; common. 



The parula warbler is found in groves and forests where it works 

 actively about in its search for insect food. It is common at times, 

 particularly in the Dominican Republic. 



Specimens sent to Tristram, in 1884 without locality by C. Mc- 

 Grigor, and from Rivas in 1887 by A. S. Toogood seem to be the 

 earliest records for the Dominican Republic. Cherrie recorded it 

 until April 2, 1895, but saw none after that date. He collected 18 

 and says that he observed it at all points that he visited except 

 Maniel. Verrill took numerous specimens, now in the collection of 

 J. H. Fleming, dates being as follows: Samana, December 27, 1906, 

 January 22, 26, 30 and 31, February 2, 3, 9, 18, and 20, and March 1 

 and 5, 1907; Cana Honda December 30, 1906, and January 1, 5, and 

 7, 1907; El Valle, January 15, 16 and 18, 1907; and Rio San Juan 



