Playa de Santiago, N.W. Manguillo, Colina Nov. 2, 1957. Characteristic hammering, a double-roff followed by 3 evenly spaced single rofs, is heard frequen- tly in tall, rather dense forest. Stopped by an open field, with scattered patches of brush from Erib, I collected a Tropical Kingbird, an abundant species in open situations, on power-lines along the road. The field ran out to a small ford, where Northern Phalaropes were abundant, also Buddy ducks & Shovellers. One Silt seen. 6-8 Killdeer noted near the ford; 4-5 were noted yesterday in a field near the Rio Marabasco. Isolated Warblers seen commonly today, in the Palm forest & adjacent open woodland. Several Western Flycatchers noted, rarely in the palm forest, but fairly common in adjacent open woodland. Gracklers noted near the palm forest. Hooded Orioles common, but not noted in the palm forest. Two Chats seen near field borders, in trees. The abundant birds here are: Derby, Social, & Western Flycatchers, gracklers (sf?), Cenurus chrysogenys, Coripnea, Turdus info - fallia- fus, Ground & Saltator Crows (former outnumbering latter about 2-1), Tropical Kingbirds, Hooded Orioles, Breed-tailed Grackle, Aratinga canularis. This list does not include waterbirds. Today noted an Osprey flying back & forth along the beach at Playa de Santiago.