BIRDS OF HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO. 1 4 1 



The present species seems to be restricted to the eastern 

 portion of the island, as none were met with elsewhere. It is not 

 uncommon on the high hills back of La Vega. Mr. M. A. Frazer, 

 in a letter regarding this species, says, " Although I found it feeding 

 during the day, it seems somewhat nocturnal in its habits, as I 

 saw them in comparative abundance in a large savanna, through 

 which I passed at midnight on my return from La Vega. . . . Their 

 note is a repetition of the syllable ' tu,' repeated very rapidly." He 

 also says that the natives tame the birds and keep them in the 

 houses for the purpose of killing the spielers and bugs which 

 abound in large numbers, and which it greedily kills and eats. It 

 is known to the inhabitants by the name of Boukera. 



No. 



Date. 



Sex. 



Mas. 



Locality. 





Length. 



Wing. 



Tail. 



Tarsus. 



4253 



July 12, 1883. 



2 



C. B. C. 



f La Vega, 

 ( San Domingo. 



1 

 j 



14-5° 



8.50 



3-75 



3-75 



342 1 



July 9, 1883. 



? 



C. B.C. 



j La Vega, 

 { San Domingo. 



} 



I3-25 



8.50 



4- 



3-75 



34i8 



July 12, 1883. 



? 



C. B. C. 



f La Vega, 

 ( San Domingo. 



} 



I3-25 



8.50 



3-75 



3-75 



3422 



July 12, 1883. 



? 



C. B. C. 



| La Vega, 

 ( San Domingo. 



j 



i4-5° 



8.50 



3-75 



3-75 



Genus: ^GIALITIS. Boie. 



sEGIALITIS : BOIE, ISIS, 1822, p. 55S. 



.EGIALITIS VOCIFERUS. (Linn.) 



Ckaradrius vociferus. Linn., Syst. Nat., ed. 10, I. p. 150 (1758); 

 ed. 12, I. p. 253 (1766). — Wils., Am. Orn., VII. p. 73 (181 3). 

 — Nutt., Man. Orn., II. p. 22 (1S34).— Aucl, Orn. Biog., III. 

 p. 191 (1835). 



