414 bulletin: museum of comparative zoology. 



59. Tachornis phoenicobia phoenicobia Gosse. 

 Golandrina. 



Three specimens, both sexes, Sosua. 



The Pahn Swift is a fairly common resident throughout the region 

 covered, somewhat less numerous in the northeastern part. It 

 usually frequents the tree palmettos where it spends some time even 

 during the day in hiding among the dead lower fronds. It is probable 

 that later in the season the same spots serve as nesting sites. 



The note is a Swift-like twittering. 



60. Mellisuga CATHARINE (Salle). 

 Zumbador. 



Three males, Monte Cristi. 



While this tiny hummer is fairly common it is rather difficult to 

 collect. Except at Monte Cristi where I found them several times 

 feeding on the flowers of a small herbaceous plant, they choose the 

 dead topmost branch of the largest trees for a perch where they sit 

 motionless and "sing." The "song" consists of a series of rasping 

 "cheeps" uttered in quick succession; it is a rather difficult sound to 

 locate as it appears to come from a much larger bird nearer the ground. 



61. Anthracorax dominicus (Linne). 

 Zumbador. 



Twenty specimens, both sexes, Monte Cristi, Sosua, Choco. 



Oviedo mentions (Book XIV, Chap. VI) " . . . . some little birds as 

 l)lack as velvet and very fine, and they are so small that I have never 

 seen any of them in the Lesser Antilles, except that one which they 

 call here* the 'mosquito bird' which is so small that the bulk of it is 

 less than the terminal joint of the thumb on one's hand." 



62. Tyrannus dominicensis dominicensis (Gmelin). 

 Pitirre. 



Nine specimens, both sexes, Monte Cristi, Sosua. 

 A fairly common resident at all localities visited, particularly near 

 the coast. 



