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BIRDS OF HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO. 



the basal portion of primaries on the outer webs, very narrow upon 

 the first, the whole nearly concealed by the coverts, forming a 

 narrow white wing-band; bill and feet, black; tail slightly tipped 

 with dull white on the outer feathers. 

 The sexes are similar. 



Length 4.40; wing 2.40; tail 1.60; tarsus .60; bill .50. 



This little Creeper is abundant in some localities among the 

 mountains. At Petion Ville (Le Coup) we observed it daily, running 

 about the trunks of the banana-trees. Very few were seen in the 

 low land of the interior. 



A nest of this species, taken May 1, 1883, contained two fresh 

 eggs. It was built on the end of a long limb in deep woods. It 

 is very large for the size of the bird, and has a passageway or hole 

 leading to the interior sufficiently long to entirely conceal the female 

 during the period of incubation. The eggs are dull white, thickly 

 mottled, and lined with brown, heaviest on the larger end. They 

 measure i 7 o°o x iVo inches. 



No. Date. Sex. 



3743 Sept. 1, 1883. $ 

 1.93 Feb. 15, 188 r. ? 

 11S6 March 4, 188 r. $ 

 1 18S March 9, 18S1. $ 

 1 «9 Feb. 28, 1 88 1. $ 



3744 Sept. 3, 1883. 9 



Mas. Locality. Length. Wing. Tail. Tarsus 



pup ( Samaria, ) 



C - RC - I San Domingo, J 4 " 4 ° 2 -*° ^ 6o - 6o 



CB.C. I Le H 2£P> [ 3.3o ,25 ,45 .60 



C.B.C. { ^2i? i 4. ,40 , 4S .60 



C.B.C. { } 4. ,40 ,45 .60 



c-B-c. I ! 4. ,40 ,45 .60 



p B p f Samana, ) Q 



L " KL - I San Domingo, j 4 " 2 " 45 T " 45 ^ 



