Cory on Nczv Species op Birds from Santo Domingo. [April 
among the roots of the eight-foot grass brought to light this tiny 
Spei'mophila . 
Before the gun had been reloaded, or the bird wrapped up and 
put away, another male appeared, and in the course of an hour 
or two three more specimens, all males, were added to the 
first. Many more were seen and several killed, but the nature of 
the ground made it very difficult to mark them down and find 
them, while their motions were so quick, and the grass so thick 
and high, that not one shot in three counted. No females were 
seen at this time, but within the next two weeks four more males 
and two females were taken. 
That they were nesting in the marsh there is little doubt, but 
that the nest escaped detection is not strange. The birds were 
never seen in flocks nor did they often associate with the u Cor- 
batitas.” 
The males were oftenest seen chasing each other over the 
marsh or pausing on the top of some tall grass stem or blighted 
bush to pour out their delightful song. 
Occasionally I caught a glimpse of a small bird in a flock of 
Sycalis luteiventris , which seemed to be unlike anything except 
this little Spermophila , yet may easily have been mistaken. 
Our little Finch is too fond of the open marsh, the society of the 
Wood Ibis and Courlan, and the rustling of the knife-edged giant- 
grass, to be found far from such haunts, and so long as he swells 
his snowy throat only in such company he need fear little from 
man. (To be continued.) 
DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES OF BIRDS FROM 
SANTO DOMINGO. 
BY CHAS. B. CORY. 
Contopus frazari. General plumage grayish-olive ; feathers 
of the crown dark brown, edged with olive ; throat ashy, becom- 
ing olive on the sides of the breast and yellowish-brown on the 
abdomen and crissum ; wing-coverts pale at the tips, forming two 
very dull wing-bands ; secondaries very narrowly edged with 
pale brownish-white ; tail brown ; under wing-coverts pale yel- 
lowish-brown. Length, 5.40 ; wing, 2.45 ; tail, 2.65 ; tarsus, 50 ; 
bill, .50. 
