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nor did Wetmore observe it during his work in the field so that it 

 can hardly be wide spread in distribution since it is a bird that is 

 conspicuous and easily seen when its haunts are visited. 



The tawny-shouldered blackbird measures 200 mm. or a little more 

 in length and is glossy black in color, with the bend of the wing, or 

 " shoulder," deep brownish buff. Male and female are alike in color. 



ICTERUS DOMINICENSIS (Linnaeus) 



HISPANIOLAN ORIOLE, CALANDRA, SIGTTA AMARILLA, SIGTTA CALANDRIA, 

 SIGTJA CANARIA, BANANE MURE, DEMOISELLE 



Oriolus dominicensis Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 163 

 (" Dominica "=Hispaniola). — Ritteb, Naturli. Reis. Westind. Insel Hayti, 1836, 

 p. 155 (specimen). 



Merle a Gorge Noire de Saint-Domingue, Montbeillaed, in Buffon's Hist. 

 Nat. Ois., vol. 3. 1775, pp. 382-383 (immature individual in molt to adult 

 plumage). — Daubenton, Planch. Enl., pi. 559 (in color). 



Troupiale, de St. Domingue, appelle le Siffleur, Daubenton, Planch, Enl., 

 pi. 236 (apparently immature of /. dominicensis though Boddaert calls it Bal- 

 timore oriole). 



Carouge (part), Montbeillaed, in Buffon's Hist. Nat. Ois., vol. 3, 1775, p. 

 245 ("Saint-Domingue"). 



Carouge de St. Domingue, Daubenton, Planch. Enl., pi. 5, fig. 2 (adult). 



Icterus minor viridis Bbisson, Ornith., vol. 2, 1760, pp. 113-115, pi. 10, fig. 2 

 (immature). 



Xanthornus Dominicensis Bbisson, Ornith., vol. 2, 1760, pp. 121-123, pi. 12, 

 fig. 3 (description). — Habtlaub, Naumannia, 1852, p. 53 (Haiti, common). 



fOriolus xanthornus, Ritteb, Naturh. Reis. Westind. Insel Hayti, 1836, 

 p. 155 (specimen). 



Icterus flavigaster, Habtlal t b, Isis, 1847, p. 609 (listed). 



Icterus dominicensis, Salle, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1857, p. 232 (nesting). — 

 Bkyant, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 11, May, 1867, p. 94 (Dominican Re- 

 public, Haiti).— Cory, Bull. Nuttall Ornith. Club, 1881, p. 152 (common) ; Birds 

 Haiti and San Domingo, July, 18S4, pp. 71-72, col. pi. (Petionville, Puerto 

 Plata, La Vega, specimens) ; Cat. West Indian Birds, 1892, p. 110 (Haiti, 

 Dominican Republic). — Tbistbam, Ibis, 1884, p. 168 (Dominican Republic, speci- 

 men) ; Cat. Coll. Birds Belonging H. B. Tristram, 1889, p. 250 (Samana, Rivas, 

 specimens). — Tippenhaueb, Die Insel Haiti, 1S92, pp. 319-320, 321 (listed).— 

 Chebeie, Field Columbian Mus., Ornith. ser., vol. 1, 1896, pp. 16-17 (habits). — 

 Cheisty, Ibis, 1897, pp. 325-326 (common). — Vebeill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Philadelphia, vol. 61, 1909, p. 362 (common).— Petebs, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 

 vol. 61, 1917, pp. 423-424 (Monte Cristi, Sosua, Arroyo Salado, specimens). — 

 Cifeebi, Segund. Inf. An. Est. Nac. Agr. Moca, 1927, p. 6 (listed). — Beebe. Zool. 

 Soc. Bull., vol. 30, 1927, p. 140; Beneath Tropic Seas, 1928, p. 222 (recorded). 

 Bond, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 80, 1928, p. 515 (Haiti, common; 

 description of nest and eggs). — Danfoeth, Auk, 1929, p. 373 (generally distrib- 

 uted). — Lonnbeeg, Fauna och Flora, 1929, p. 110 (Haiti). — Moltoni, Att. Soc. 

 Ital. Scienz. Nat, vol. 68, 1929, p. 325 (Haina, Moca, San Juan, specimens). 



Resident; locally common. 



As the oriole lives amid the leaves of trees, it is found usually in the 

 smaller branches where though not particularly shy it keeps well 



