on the Birds of San Duminyo. 335 



437. RUPORNIS IIIDGWAYI. 



(Cory, op. cit. p. 121.) 



Several limes while shooting up the Yuiia river I saw 

 what I took to be this bird^ but I \yas unable to procure a 

 specimen. 



-f-38. FaLCO COLUMBARIUS. 



(Cory, op. cit. p. 123.) 



One afternoon while sitting in a mangrove-swamp at the 

 head of Samana Bay trying to endure the torture of the 

 sandflies and mosquitoes, in the hope of j^etting a shot at 

 some Ibises, I had the pleasure of watching for some time 

 through my glasses one of these little Falcons, a male and the 

 only one I met with, flying off" and. returning several times 

 to the dead branch of a tree some 80 yards away. 



-/-39. Cham.'epelia passerina. Locally ^' Rollita.'' 

 ' (Cory, op. cit. p. 127.) 



This little Ground- Dove was very common at La Vega. 

 I found several nests with eggs or young towards the end of 

 June, beneath tufts of grass in the clearings. When feeding 

 on the ground they are very tame and it is easy to approach 

 within a few feet of them. They get very fat and are good 

 eating. I found it most difiicult to make a good specimen 

 owing to the thinness of the skin and the loose attachment 

 of the feathers. 



The crop of a male (length 6 inches and stretch 9 5) which 

 I shot at La Vega on April 9 was full of dry, round, flattish^ 

 brown seeds. Two ova in a female (length 6| inches and 

 stretch 9i) , shot on May 7 at La Vega, were larger than 

 peas. 



-^40. Zenaidura carolinensis. 



(Cory, op. cit. p. 129.) 



I met with this bird at only one place, where tlie railway 

 crosses the Camoo river, about 3 miles east of La Vega. 

 There, on May 10, I saw a dozen or more feeding about the 

 line, and I shot two specimens, a male and a female, both 

 immature. 



