BIRDS OF HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO. 



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the island, it is by no means an easy matter to procure specimens. 

 Even after the bird is killed, its extreme smallness and plain 

 coloration render it a difficult object to find amongst the 

 luxuriant tropical vegetation which everywhere covers the ground. 

 I have often observed the male bird perched upon a twig, singing 

 merrily, turning his head from side to side as if greatly enjoying 

 his own music. The song consists of a succession of twceps, often 

 continued for from one to two minutes without intermission, and 

 may be distinctly heard at a distance of thirty yards. 



No. 





Date. 



Sex. Mus. 



Locality. 



Length. 



Wing. 



Tail. 



Bill. 



1099 



Feb. 



17, 18 



81. ? C.B.C. 



f Le Coup, ) 

 I Haiti. j 



- 2.70 



1.50 



.60 



•45 



3175 



Nov. 



24, 18 



82. $ C.B.C. 



| Puerto Plata, } 

 \ San Domingo, j 



■ 2.65 



i-45 



•54 



•43 



Genus: SPORADINUS. Reich. 



SPORADINUS: REICH., AUFZ. DER COLIB., p. 10, 1853. 



SPORADINUS ELEGANS. Vieitl 



Trochilus elegans. Vieill., Ois. Dor., I. p. 32, pi. xiv. (1802). 

 Ornismya swainsonii. " Less., Ois. Mouch., pp. xvii, 197, pi. 70 

 (1829)." 



Lampomis elegans. Bp., Consp. Gen. A v., I. p. 72 (1850). 

 Riccordia elegans. Reich., Aufz. der Colib., p. 8 (1853). 

 Sporadinus elegans. Bp., Rev. and Mag. Zool, 1854, p. 255. — 



Gould, mon. Troch., V. pi. 347 (1861). — " Muls., Hist. Nat. 



Ois. Mouch., II. p. 72." — Salle, P. Z. S., 1857, p. 233.— 



