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February 1, 1907. Peters saw only one, a bird shot at Monte Cristi 

 February 10. Abbott shot a male at Sanchez October 23, 1916. 

 Ciferri secured skins at Sabana San Thome, near San Juan, October 

 21 and 23, 1928. 



Vieillot at the end of the eighteenth century said that it was 

 very common in "Saint-Domingue" his records probably referring 

 to what is now Haiti. Cory recorded it at Gonai'ves and Port-au- 

 Prince in 1881, and Bartsch in 1917 saw one near the Etang Sau- 

 matre on April 3, 1917. W. L. Abbott reports the bird as common 

 in migration, and in 1917 secured one on Tortue Island January 



30, and one near Jeremie November 24. Beebe collected one, and 

 Wetmore in 1927 observed the species at Fonds-des-Negres March 



31, and April 5, taking one on the latter date, and one at L'Acul, 

 April 4. Bond records it from Gonave Island without date. Poole 

 and Perrygo shot specimens at St. Michel January 14, Pont Sonde 

 February 27, and at En Cafe, Gonave Island March 6, 7, and 12, 1929. 



The parula warbler is from 112 to 122 mm. in length with the 

 upper parts grayish, and a greenish yellow patch on the back. The 

 throat and breast are yellow, with a blackish cross band in males 

 sometimes mingled with rufous, the abdomen is white and there 

 are two white wing bars. 



DENDROICA PETECHIA ALBICOLLIS (Gmelin) 

 HISPANIOLAN GOLDEN WARBLER, PETIT OISEATJ MANGLIERS 



Motacilla albicollis Gmelin, Syst. Nat., vol. 1, pt. 2, 1789, p. 983 (" S. 

 Dominici "=Hispaniola). 



Motacilla chloroleuca Gmelin, Syst. Nat., vol. 1, pt. 2, 1789, p. 984 ("S. 

 Dominici "=Hispaniola). 



Ficedula Dominicensis Brisson, Ornith., vol. 3, 1760, pp. 494-496, pi. 26, fig. 

 5 (" S. Dorningue"). 



Ficedula Dominicensis minor Brisson, Ornith., vol. 3, 1760, pp. 496-498, pi. 

 26, fig. 2 (" S. Domingue "). 



Figuier a Gorge Blanche, Buffon, Hist. Nat. Ois., vol. 5, 1778, p. 287 (based 

 on Ficedula Dominicensis Brisson). 



Figuier Vert & Blanc, Buffon, Hist. Nat. Ois., vol. 5, 1778, pp. 289-290 (based 

 on Ficedula Dominicensis minor Brisson). 



Sylvia aestiva, Vieillot, Hist. Nat. Ois. Amer. Sept., vol. 2, 1807, p. 35 

 ("Saint-Domingue"). — Ritter, Naturh. Reis. Westind. Insel Hayti, 1836, p. 

 156 (specimen). 



Dendroica p. petechia, Beebe, Zool. Soc. Bull., vol. 30, 1927, p. 141 ; Beneath 

 Tropic Seas, 1928, p. 223 (Haiti). 



Dendroica petechia albicollis, Bartsch, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 30, 

 July 27, 1917, p. 132 (separated as distinct race). — Peters, Bull. Mus. Comp. 

 Zool., vol. 61, October, 1917, pp. 421-423 (discussion) ; Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 

 ington, vol. 40, March 5, 1927, pp. 34-35 (description, synonymy). — Bond, Proc. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 80, 1928, p. 512 (Port-au-Prince, Sources 

 Puantes, Caracol, Fort Liberty, Tortue Island). — Danforth, Auk, 1929, pp., 

 372-373 (Monte Cristi, Port-au-Prince, Les Salines). — Lonnberg, Fauna och 

 Flora, 1929, p. 108 (Haiti). 



