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one at La'Cafiita March 9. W. L. Abbott secured a female at El Rio, 

 D. R., May 18, 1919, which is the only one that he recorded. In 

 1927 Wetmore observed one from the trail near El Rio May 17. On 

 May 19 he saw two at the edge of a clearing near Constanza and 

 collected one. On May 21 he shot another as it fed actively in a tree 

 growing in a dark ravine. E. L. Ekman in 1929 found this species 

 in the mountains north of San Juan. The natives described the nest 

 as oval with the entrance from beneath. Ciferri collected one at 

 1,200 to 1,500 meters altitude on Monte Viejo in August, 1929. 



In Haiti Beck collected three on La Hotte June 20 and 22, 1917, 

 one being a young bird molting into first fall dress with the chest 

 washed with yellowish. Wetmore in 1927 found it on Morne La 

 Selle. On April 14 two were shot in thickets among the clearings at 

 the Jardins Bois Pin, and on April 15 another was seen in the same 

 locality. James Bond in 1928 found these warblers in small num- 

 bers on Morne Malanga in the Crete a Piquants group (male taken 

 January 19), on Morne Tranchant (one taken January 7), and on 

 Morne La Selle, where he reports them as about as common as 

 Microligea palustris. 



An adult male taken by Wetmore on La Selle April 14 had the 

 maxilla black, mandible gray no. 6, iris Hay's brown, tarsus and toes 

 neutral gray. An adult female secured at the same time was similar. 



This species differs structurally from Microligea palustris in much 

 heavier bill and less fluffy plumage. Though Wetmore is inclined 

 to consider from his personal experience that the two species under 

 discussion belong in different genera he is not at this time prepared 

 to separate them since, except as noted above, palustris and montana 

 appear identical in structural characters. 



Chapman's ground warbler is similar in size to the related ground 

 warbler but appears somewhat more robust in life. The back and 

 wing coverts are green, head and tail gray, with black lores and a 

 white spot on either side of the forehead. (PI. 25.) The wing 

 feathers are black with a prominent white spot on the primaries 

 extended along them as a streak. The underparts are white as are the 

 tips of the outer tail feathers. The white wing marking is promi- 

 nent in this species and serves as an excellent field mark. 



GEOTHLYPIS TRICHAS TEICHAS (Linnaeus) 

 MARYLAND YELLOWTHROAT, PETIT CHIT 



Turdus trichas Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 293 (" Carolina "). 



Winter visitant from the southeastern United States; abundance 

 uncertain. 



In a series of yellowthroats taken by Poole and Perrygo in the 

 spring of 1929 there are five males that are referable to the present 

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