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able offering of music, whose attraction is not lessened by the fact 

 that it is necessary to search out the singer and approach near to 

 hear to best advantage. On May 19, 1927, Wetmore observed a 

 female collecting nesting material, and May 27 the breeding season 

 was fully at hand. Abbott collected young in streaked immature 

 dress near Constanza September 23 to 25, 1916. 



Following are measurements from a considerable series in the 

 United States National Museum : 



Twenty-two males, wing 62.6-69.7 (66.3), tail 57.3-69.6 (65.3), cul- 

 men from base 12.1-14.0 (13.0), tarsus 22.2-24.9 (23.5) mm. 



Five females, wing 61.5-64.1 (62.6), tail, 58.4-68.0 (62.0), culmen 

 from base 12.8-13.2 (13.0), tarsus 23.0-24.5 (23.5) mm. 



Type, male, wing 68.2, tail 65.7, culmen from base 12.8, tarsus 

 23.4 mm. 



The Constanza song sparrow is from 150 to 165 mm. long, with 

 long tail and slender form. Male and female are alike in color. The 

 head is dark gray, with a light line above the eye, and a broad streak 

 of black down either side of the crown. The upper surface is dull 

 brown, with the back streaked with black, a chestnut collar around 

 the hind neck, chestnut brown edgings on the wings and two narrow 

 light wing bars. The central part of the under surface is white, with 

 dull brown sides and a band of black across the lower foreneck. The 

 young have the black neck band indistinct, and the underparts 

 streaked with black. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY 



The list of titles that follows includes those that have been of importance 

 in the preparation of the present account, though there has been no attempt to 

 cite in it many books that contain random references to the work in hand. 

 The authors' names are arranged alphabetically ; where more than one title 

 appears under the name of a writer jthe papers are given in chronological 

 sequence. 



Although considerable time has been devoted to search through early works 

 of travel and general natural history for notes on birds this field is considered 

 as still a fertile one for investigation, particularly in the case of certain period- 

 icals that have not been available. Moreau de Saint-Mery 64 mentions a num- 

 ber of magazines and papers published in the French colonial period in Haiti 

 which have not been found in the libraries in Washington but which may be 

 preserved in Haiti or in France. It is possible that valuable notes on birds 

 may be contained in them. 



The Gazette de Saint Domingue according to Saint-Mery was established by 

 M. Monceaux in Cap-Hai'tien on Feb. 1, 1764 as an 8 page quarto that appeared 

 weekly. On August 29, 1764 its title was changed to Avis divers & Petites 

 affiches Americaines, while on January 1, 1766 it was again altered to Affiches 

 Americaines. On March 23. 176S the place of publication was transferred to 

 Port-au-Prince where there was added a supplement called first Avis du Cap, 

 then Avis du Cap, Supplement aux affiches americaines and finally Supplement 



84 Descrip. Part. Prang, lie Saint-Domingue, vol. 1797, pp. 506-511. 



