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Numerous specimens in mature plumage. Apparently precisely the same 

 as the bird of Cuba, and other islands of the West Indies. 



18. Zenaida amabilis, Bonaparte. 



Zenaida amabilis, Bonap. Comp. List. 

 Bonap. Am. Orn. iii. pi. 17, fig. 2. Aud. B. of Am. pi. 162, oct. ed. v.. 

 pi. 281. 

 Several specimens in very fine plumage and excellent preservation. 



19. ChaMjEpelia trochila, Bonaparte. 



Chamsepelia trochila, Bonap. Consp. Av. ii. p. 77, (1857). 

 Various specimens in Mr. Swift's collection appear to be this species. They 

 are not, however, in mature plumage. 



20. Eupsychortyx Sonninii, (Temminck). 



Perdix Sonninii, Temm. Pig. et. Gall. iii. p. 451, (1815). 

 Temm. pi. col. 75. Gould, Monog. Odont. pi. 11. 

 Very fine and mature specimens of both sexes. 



Mr. Swift has had the kindness to inform me that this species was intro- 

 duced into the Island of St. Thomas some years since, from Venezuela, and 

 that it has now become of frequent occurrence, quite naturalized, and rearing 

 young freely throughout the island. The present specimens are exactly the 

 species figured by Mr. Gould under this name, and identical with specimen? 

 in Acad. Mus., labelled "Venezuela" and "Cumana." 



21. Aegialitis Wilsonius, (Ord.) 



Charadrius Wilsonius, Ord. Wilson's Am. Orn. ix. p. 77, (2d ed. 1825)i 



Charadrius crassirostris, Spix, Av. Bras. ii. p. 77, (1825). 



Wilson, Am. Orn. ix. pi. 73. Aud. B. of Am. pi. 219, oct. ed. v. pi. 319. 



Several specimens quite identical with the bird of the eastern and southern 



coasts of the United States. This species evidently has an extended range 



of southern migration during the winter season, though the present locality 



is the most southern that we have yet seen from the West Indies. Its range 



on the coast of the Continent is more southern, and certainly extends to the 



coast of Brazil. 



22. G a lunula galeata, ( Liechtenstein ). 



Crex galeata, Licht. Verz. p. 80, (1823). 

 " Gallinula chloropus," Auct. 

 Bonap. Am. Orn. iv. pi. 27. Aud. B. of Am. pi. 244, oct. ed. v. pi. 304. 

 A single specimen, in very fine plumage. 



23. Rallus longirostris, Boddaert. 



Rallus longirostris, Bodd. Tab. PL Enl. p. 52, (1783). 

 Rallus crepitans, Gin. Syst. Nat. i. p. 713, (1788). 

 Aud. B. of Am. pi. 204, oct. ed. v. pi. 310. Buff. PL Enl. 849. 

 Like many other of the shore birds common in the summer, on the coast 

 of the United States, this species performs a very extensive migration, extend- 

 ing, probably, to almost the entire eastern coast of South America, and all the 

 islands of the West Indies. The present specimens are identical with the bird 

 which is abundant on the coast of New Jersey, and in much the same plumage 

 seen in September, or later in the autumn. 



The proper name for this species, I have no doubt, is that here given. The 

 figure in Buffon, as cited, probably represents an autumnal or winter plumage. 



24. Bctorides virescens, (Linnaeus). 



Ardea virescens, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 238, (1766). 

 Wilson, Am. Orn. vii. pi. 61. Aud. B. of Am. pi. 333, oct. ed. vi. pi. 367. 

 A single specimen, not in mature plumage, is this, or a nearly allied species. 

 Probably a winter sojourner from the North. 



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