on the Birds of San Domingo. 321 



4. Dendrceca palmarum. 

 (Cory, op. cit. p. 32.) 



An adult male collected on Jan. 28 near Sanchez. This 

 species may have been as common as the previous one, hut I 

 was unable to distinguish them on the wing. 



5. Seiurus auricapillus. 

 (Cory, op. cit. p. 34.) 



An adult female (length 5^ inches) which I shot near 

 to La Vega on April 19 was so extraordinarily fat that I 

 had the utmost difficulty in preparing it and in separating 

 the masses of oily fat from the tissue-paper-like skin. 



G. Geothlypis trichas. 



(Cory, op. cit. p. 36.) 



This graceful little bird, with its characteristic yellow- 

 tinted throat, I only observed once or twice. On April 19 

 I shot a female (length 5 inches, stretch 6^) at La Vega. 



7. Setophaga ruticilla. 

 (Cory, op. cit. p. 40.) 



The only specimen I obtained of this species was a male 

 from near Sanchez. 



8. Certhiola bananivora. Locally '^ Seguitta de Savana," 

 or, by the St. Thomas negroes, the " Beanflower-picker." 



(Cory, op. cit. p. 41.) 



This little bird, peculiar to the island, I saw several times 

 at Sanchez. A male was brought to me there on Feb. 29, 

 and I shot another male (length 4 inches, stretch 6f ) at 

 La Vega on May 2. The tongue of this species is interesting. 

 It is similar to the tongue of the Humming-birds, but far 

 more specialized, being like a long, thin, fine, camel's-hair 

 brush. One would think that a tongue like this could do 

 nothing more than pick up from the interior of flowers the 

 little drops of thin syrup by capillary attraction. I unfortu- 

 nately omitted to examine the contents of the stomachs of 

 those I skinned, but I have no doubt that the bird does feed 

 on insects as well as syrup, for Mr. Cory remarks : — " At 

 Le Coup (San Domingo) we observed it daily running about 



