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male and another bird with sex not marked at Santo Domingo City, 

 Dominican Eepublic, October 14 and 20, 1916. Moltoni received 

 specimens from Ciferri taken near San Juan at Corral de los Indios 

 October 7, 1928, and at Sabana San Thome November 5 and Decem- 

 ber 28, 1928, and October 1, 1929. 



In Haiti the Cape May warbler seems more common than in the 

 eastern republic. Younglove collected two near Port-au-Prince Feb- 

 ruary 20 and April 19. 1866, which are still in the collections of the 

 United States National Museum. Cory in 1881 found the species 

 " very abundant in February and March." Bartsch in April, 1917 

 recorded it at all points visited, collecting specimens at Glore April 

 3, Trou Caiman April 4, Petit Goave April 9, Trou des Roseaux 

 April 13, Jeremie, April 15, and Morne a Cabrits April 24. His last 

 record is one seen near Port-au-Prince April 27. W. L. Abbott found 

 the species common, taking specimens at Jeremie November 19 and 

 24 and December 1, 1917, La Mahotiere, Gonave Island February 

 22, 1918, Anse a Galets, Gonave Island March 6, 1920, and Tortue 

 Island February 2. 1917. In 1927 Wetmore recorded the last one 

 seen near Hinche April 22. He found the species common over the 

 high summit of La Selle where it was often seen in weeds, bracken 

 and other low cover near the ground ; and observed it as well in the 

 logwoods and mesquites of the hot lowlands. On April 7 near La 

 Tremblay many were observed, a number gathering to scold sharply 

 at burrowing owls resting in the scrub. Bond found the Cape May 

 warbler on Gonave Island and reports it as common. Poole and 

 Perrygo secured an excellent series of both sexes as follows: St. 

 Michel December 29, 1928, L'Atalaye January 8, St. Raphael Janu- 

 ary 12, Dondon January 19, Fort Liberte, February 6, 7 and 13, 

 Cerca-la- Source, March 26, and En Cafe, Massacrin, and Plaine 

 Mapou on Gonave March 4, 7, 9, and 11, 1928. March specimens of 

 both sexes are in partial molt on the throat. 



The Cape May warbler is of ordinary warbler size being about 

 125 mm. long. The male is olive green above, more or less in- 

 distinctly streaked with black, with the rump yellowish, and a large 

 patch of white on the wing coverts. There is a yellowish line over 

 the eye and a black line through it. The sides of the head are 

 rufous this being a character that marks it at once from all other 

 warblers of the region. The sides of the neck and breast are yellow, 

 the latter is streaked with black, and the abdomen is white. The 

 adult female is similar but much duller. The young are dull gray- 

 ish olive green above and whitish below, streaked indistinctly with 

 dusky. 



