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as the natives frequently report having seen them, and W. L. Abbott 

 collected two, both females, one at the eastern end of Lake Enriquillo, 

 D. R., October 2, 1919, and one at Fond Parisien May 6, 1920. In 

 both the body plumage is mainly white with a mixture of dark 

 feathers, while wings and tail are black with small tippings of white. 

 William Beebe reports that he has exhibited this grackle alive in the 

 Zoological Park in New York City. 



Following are definite records of occurrence for this species: 



Dominican Republic: Santo Domingo City, Aguacate, Catarrey 

 (Cherrie, Danforth) ; Sanchez (Christy, Verrill, Abbott, Wetmore) ; 

 Samana (Cory) ; Rojo Cabo, Samana Peninsula (Abbott) ; Sosua, 

 Monte Cristi (Peters) ; Puerto Plata (Cory) ; Santiago, (Wet- 

 more) ; La Vega (Verrill, Wetmore, Danforth) ; Jarabacoa (Ab- 

 bott) ; Seibo, Hato Mayor, San Pedro de Macoris, Haina, Vasquez, 

 Laguna del Salodillo, (Danforth) ; Bonao, San Juan (Danforth, 

 Ciferri). 



Haiti : Jeremie (Uhler, Bartsch, Abbott) ; Moline (Abbott) ; 

 Trou des Roseaux, Trou Caiman, Glore, Thomazeau (Bartsch) ; 

 Petionville (Cory) ; Fond Parisien (Abbott) ; Port-au-Prince, 

 (Wetmore, Bond, Danforth) ; Carrefour, Sources Puantes, La 

 Tremblay, Chapelle Faure, Las Cahobes, Hinche, Caracol (Wet- 

 more) ; Fonds-des-Negres, £ltang Miragoane (Wetmore, Danforth) ; 

 Summit of La Selle (Wetmore, Bond) ; Gona'ives (Descourtilz) ; 

 Moustique, Tortue Island (Abbott) ; Gonave Island (Poole and Per- 

 rygo, Bond) ; Dondon, Pont Sonde, Fort Liberte, Cerca-la-Source 

 (Poole, and Perrygo) ; Kenskoff, Gona'ives (Danforth). 



Abbott collected three sets of eggs of this species, these having a 

 ground color decidedly paler than pale king's blue spotted with 

 blackish and pearl blue, some of the markings being fine, while some 

 are heavy blotches, many being arranged as irregular lines as though 

 scrawled by a careless pen. A set of four taken May 8, 1917, at 

 Baie des Moustiques came from a nest placed in mangroves 2.5 meters 

 above high-water mark. These eggs measured 27.2 by 19.5, 28.4 by 

 20.0, 28.4 by 20.1, and 28.8 by 19.9 mm. Three more from the same 

 locality, without definite date, were taken from a nest made of 

 Spanish moss with an internal cup of mud, placed in an acacia tree 

 about three meters from the earth. These measure 26.1 by 20.1, 26.6 

 by 20.3, and 26.9 by 20.2 mm. On May 30, 1917, four eggs were taken 

 from a nest loosely constructed of Spanish moss and banana leaf 

 fiber placed in a coconut palm. These eggs measure 26.7 by 19.8, 

 27.1 by 20.0, 27.5 by 19.4, and 27.5 by 19.5 mm. 



Danforth found six pairs nesting in trees along the sloughs near 

 the mouth of the Artibonite River July 29, 1927, when one nest had 

 eggs and the others young. Bond has reported a nest with one egg 

 from Tortue Island in March. Near Sanchez, on May 6, 1927, 



