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them not uncommon in the Crete a Piquants group, and on Morne 

 Tranchant and Morne Brouet in the neighborhood of Furcy. He 

 observed them in larger numbers on La Selle. He reports that they 

 were breeding in June. 



What appear to be young of the year have a greenish wash on the 

 crown and hindneck. An adult male taken by Wetmore on La Selle 

 April 12, 1927, had the iris bright red ; maxilla grayish black, man- 

 dible neutral gray; tarsus neutral gray, with the toes somewhat 

 paler. 



This ground warbler is from 135 to 150 mm. in length, slender in 

 form with long tail, rather short wings, and slender, pointed bill. 

 It is greenish on wings, back and tail, and dull gray, often with a 

 greenish wash, on hindneck and crown. Below it is grayish white, 

 becoming nearly white on the center of the abdomen and much 

 darker on the sides. 



MICEOLIGEA MONTANA Chapman 



CHAPMAN'S GROUND WARBLER, SIGUITA, PETIT QITATRE YETJX, PETIT 



CHIT 



Microligea montana Chapman, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 37, May 14, 

 1917, p. 330 (Loma Tina. Provineia de Azua. D. R.)- — Bond. Proc. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 80, 1928, pp. 513-514 (Morne Malanga, Morne Tranchant, 

 Morne La Selle). — Lonnberg, Fauna och Flora, 1929, pp. 107-108 (La Selle). — 

 Moltoni, Att. Soc. Ital. Scienz. Nat., vol. 68, 1929, p. 324 (Sitio la Maguana, 

 specimen). 



Resident in the highlands; locally fairly common. 



Chapman's ground warbler is resident in the higher elevations 

 where it ranges in more open thickets than the other ground warbler, 

 feeding rather actively among the branches and creepers in habits 

 seeming to combine the mannerisms of warblers and vireos. 

 (PI. 25.) These birds are found alone or in pairs, seldom high 

 above the ground, but on the other hand not searching as near the 

 earth as the related species. Wetmore heard one utter a low chat- 

 tering call, while Bond reports the note as a thin tseep not unlike 

 that of the palm chat. On June 11, 1928 at 1800 meters elevation 

 on La Selle Bond was shown a nest reputed to be of this species 

 though he did not see the owners. The structure was globular in 

 shape, composed of moss and grasses, lined with grass stems and 

 feathers, placed in a bush five feet from the ground. The nest con- 

 tained two fresh eggs (now in the Philadelphia Academy of Natural 

 Sciences) which are plain, creamy white in color without markings. 

 Bond gives the measurements as 21.6 by 15.5 and 21.7 by 15.5 mm. 



This warbler was discovered by R. H. Beck, the type coming from 

 Loma Tina, January 15, 1917. He secured a long series there from 

 January 3 to February 3, one on Loma Rucilla February 24, and 



