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Charadriidae. 



Charadrius wilsonius Ord. 



Brown noted Wilson's Plover on several occasions on the beaches, 

 where he thought it was breeding. He took no specimens. I include 

 it in this list on Brown's identification in spite of the lack of specimens, 

 in order to correct a rather curious error in Lowe's list where under 

 Aegialitis semipalmata Lowe says, "This bird is resident in Jamaica 

 and breeds there. Whether it does so in the Caymans I am unaware. 

 I have included it among the residents." No mention is made of 

 Wilson's Plover, and it seems certain that Lowe in some way confused 

 that species with the Arctic-breeding Semipalmated Plover. 



t Hypsibates mexicanus (Miill.). 



The Black-necked Stilt was breeding in numbers in the mangroves 

 in Grand Cayman in May. Brown took several sets of eggs, but did 

 not shoot any birds. 



Columbidae. 



CoLUMBA leucocephala Linue. 



Three specimens, two males and a female, all adult, Grand Cayman 

 and Cayman Brae, May and June. 



t Zenaida zenaida zenaida (Bp.). 



Zenaida spadicea Cory, Auk, 1886, 3, p. 498, Grand Cayman. 



Zenaida richardsoni Cory, Auk, 1887, 4, p. 7, Little Cayman. 



Thirteen specimens, both sexes, all adult. Grand Cayman, Little 

 Cayman, and Cayman Brae, May, June, and July. 



I can find no difference in specimens from the various islands of the 

 Cayman group, and after a most careful comparison, with adequate 

 material, am unable to distinguish in any way Cayman specimens, 

 which appear to me to be quite like examples from the Bahamas, Cuba, 

 and Jamaica, in the same condition of plumage. 



Judging from Cory's name and description I fancy he took the 

 Grand Cayman Pea Dove to be darker than true zenaida. This 

 may have been because he compared Grand Cayman specimens 

 killed when in worn summer plumage, with skins from elsewhere in 

 autumn or winter dress, there being quite a change with season in 



