THE BIRDS OF HAITI AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 421 



In Haiti Vieillot found this bird rather common in woodlands. 

 A. E. Younglove collected a number near Port-au-Prince February 

 7 and 16, April 6, 13, and 15, and May 3, 1866. Cory found them 

 very common at Petionville from February 25 to March 9, 1881. 

 Abbott collected specimens at Fond Parisien May 5, and above Fonds 

 Verettes April 20 and 26, 1920, at Ttiviere Bar February IT, 18, and 

 22, 1917, and near Moustique March 7 and 9, 1917. He observes that 

 the species was common near Port-au-Prince, but that he did not 

 find it on Tortue Island. Beebe obtained living specimens which he 

 exhibited in the New York Zoological Park. Wetmore in 1927 found 

 it at Port-au-Prince March 29 and April 6, Sources Puantes March 

 30, La Selle April 11 to 15, Hinche April 21 to 24, and Caracol April 

 26 and 27. On April 28, 1928, James Bond found a nest near Caracol, 

 that he attributed uncertainly to this species, placed in a bush in 

 open scrub growth and containing three young. Poole and Perrygo 

 secured specimens at St. Michel December 23, 1928, L'Atalaye Jan- 

 uary 8, St. Raphael January 12, Dondon January 18, Fort Liberte 

 February 6, 10, and 19, and Cerca-la-Source March 24 and 26, 1929. 



The present species so far as now known ranges throughout the 

 island except for the western part of the southwestern peninsula west 

 of Grande Goave and Jacmel inhabited by Phaenicophilus polioce- 

 phalus. Apparently the two species do not mingle. P. pahnarwn is 

 not known from Gonave Island. 



An adult male secured by Wetmore on the summit of La Selle 

 April 13, 1927, had the maxilla and tip of mandible black, rest of 

 mandible gray no. 6, iris reddish brown, tarsus and toes neutral gray. 



Following are measurements of a series in the United States Na- 

 tional Museum : 



Twelve males, wing 88.3-96.1 (92.3), tail 67.5-74.2 (71.7), culmen 

 from base 18.6-22.0 (20.5), tarsus 22.2-25.7 (23.8) mm. 



Eleven females, wing 81.8-89.0 (85.1), tail 66.2-70.2 (68.4), culmen 

 from base 19.2-21.8 (20.7), tarsus 22.3-24.0 (23.3) mm. 



This species is similar to the other palm tanager except that the 

 black of the head extends over the entire crown. 



PHAENICOPHILUS PALMARUM EUROUS Wetmore 



SAONA PALM TANAGER 



Phaenicophilus palmarum eurous Wetmore, Smithsonian Misc. Colls., vol. 

 81, no. 13, May 15, 1929, p. 3 (Saona Island, D. R.) 



Saona Island; resident. 



This form is known from the type alone, a male collected by Dr. 

 W. L. Abbott on Saona Island, September 13, 1919. This bird re- 

 sembles closely the palm tanager of the main island adjacent but is 



