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leading to the actual peak of La Hotte so that it would appear that 

 they were found at 2,000 meters altitude or higher. The birds were 

 breeding at this time. The tips of the wing and tail feathers were 

 worn and abraded in most of the specimens. 



Following are measurements of the series secured by Beck : 



Five males, wing 92.5-104.0 (98.9), tail 96.5-108.0 (101.2), culmen 

 from base 23.7-27.4 (24.9), tarsus 32.5-35.0 (33.4) mm. 



Two females, wing 84.4-91.5 (88.0), tail 83.9-89.0 (86.5), culmen 

 from base 22.8-23.6 (23.2), tarsus 30.8-31.1 (31.0) mm. 



Type, male, wing 100.0, tail 100.2, culmen from base 24.5, tarsus 

 32.8 mm. 



This bird is decidedly larger, with much heavier bill than 

 Calyptophilus frugivorus found elsewhere in the island, and is also 

 much darker in color, the wings and tail being deeply rufescent. It 

 also lacks the narrow line of yellow feathers found about the eye in 

 frugivorus. 



CALYPTOPHILUS TERTIUS SELLEANUS Bond 



LA SELLE CHAT-TANAGER 



Calyptophilus frugivorus selleanus Bond, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 

 vol. 81, October 3, 1929, p. 473 (Morne Malanga, Haiti). 



Calyptophilus frugivorus frugivorus, Bond, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 

 vol. 80, 1928, p. 518 (Morne La Selle, Morne Brouet, Morne Tranchant, Crete a 

 Piquants). 



Resident locally in the ranges of the Massif de la Selle. 



The only records for this form are those of James Bond who re- 

 ports it from Morne La Selle, Morne Brouet, Morne Tranchant, and 

 Crete a Piquants. He says that the bird is mainly terrestrial in habits 

 and that it is very shy. He found them breeding in June but did not 

 succeed in locating a nest. He writes that this " is one of the best 

 songsters in the Republic. The loud startling notes of this bird are 

 rather wrenlike in character and may be recalled by the syllables 

 " chip-chip-chip-swerp-swerp-swerp " or as a variation " sioerp- 

 swerp-swerp-chip- chip-chip." Its callnote is very unlike that of 

 Phuenicophilus and resembles the tick of a cheap watch." Two of 

 the five skins that he collected, which are in the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences of Philadelphia, were taken on Morne Tranchant January 6 

 and June 3, 1928, while three more were shot on Morne Malanga Jan- 

 uary 20 and 22. The type specimen (Acad. Nat. Sci. No. 82,384) , a 

 male, was collected on Morne Malanga, near the western end of the 

 Massif de la Selle, on January 22, 1928. 



Comparison of available skins indicates that the peculiar chat-tan- 

 agers of Hispaniola divide into two species, each of which has two 

 geographic races. Calyptophilus frugivorus is characterized by gray- 

 ish olive-green dorsal surface, this color being nearly uniform from 



