°,8u6 J Recent Literature. 'K'K'K 



be potent. Chordeiles acutipennis is said to flit along the road at dusk and 

 alight in front of the traveller; a rather unusual habit for a Nighthawk. 

 Is it not possible the bird observed was Nyctidromus? 



Mr. Richmond has made good use of Lieut. Robinson's collection, add- 

 ing numerous critical notes and describing no less than ten species as 

 new, most of which are apparently pale island forms of mainland species ; 

 they are the following: Butorides robinsoni, Eupsychortyx pallidus, 

 Leptotila insular is, Scardafella ridgtvayi, Speotyto brachyptera, Doler- 

 omya pallida? Amazilia alicice? Dendroplex longirostris, ^htiscalus insu- 

 laris, Cardinalis robinsoni? and Hylophilus griseipes. 



In conclusion lists of birds identified during a few days' stay at Guanta 

 and Laguayra are eiven. — F. M. C. 



Cherrie on San Domingo Birds. 4 — Of all the West Indian islands, San 

 Domingo is least known ornithologicallv. Cuba, Jamaica, and Porto 

 Rico, of the larger islands, have had resident naturalists who have made us 

 acquainted with the fauna of their homes, while the smaller islands could 

 be explored by an energetic collector during a few months' visit. It may 

 be safely said, therefore, that only in San Domingo and Havti alone is 

 there a probability of discovering birds new to science. Students of the 

 West Indian avifauna will thus welcome this paper bv Mr. Cherrie, 

 whose ability as a collector has been proved in other fields. 



In an interesting introduction, descriptive of his travels in the island from 

 January to May, 1895, there is abundant evidence that patience, experience, 

 a fever-proof constitution, and enthusiasm were needed to carry the trip 

 to the successful conclusion which the succeeding pages record, while a 

 record of 210 bird-skins in five days' collecting show that material results 

 are not wanting. 



Mr. Cherrie's list of only eighty-three species betrays the poverty of an 

 insular avifauna, but of these we have numerous interesting observations 

 on notes and habits. Dulus dominions is stated to build one large nest 

 which is used by a number of females ; Nesoctitcs micromcgas often 

 resembles some Warblers in actions, while Chloronerpes striatus is a Sap- 

 sucker. Our Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) is probablv a 

 summer resident in San Domingo, a considerable extension of its known 

 breeding range, which was previously supposed to be from Florida north- 



1 Previously described in 'The Auk,' XII, 1895, 369. 



2 Previously described in 'The Auk,' XII, 1895, 3^8. 



3 Previously described in ' The Auk,' XII, 1895, 370. 



4 Field Columbian Museum. Publication 10. Ornithological Series, Vol. I, 

 No. 1. Contribution to the Ornithology of San Domingo. By George K. 

 Cherrie, Assistant Curator of Ornithology. Charles B. Cory, Curator of 

 Department. Chicago, U. S. A., March, 1S96. 8vo. pp. 26. 



