AET. 10 BIRDS OF PINCHOT EXPEDITION — ^FISHER AND WETMORE 5 



BUTORIDES VIRESCENS MACULATUS (Boddaert) 



West Indian green heron 



Cancroma maeiilata Boddaert, Tabl. Planch. Enl., 1783, p. 54. (Martinique, 

 Lesser Antilles.) 



A female from Grand Cayman taken April 16, 1929, has the fol- 

 lowing measurements: Wing, 166.0; tail, 58.4; culmen, 57.4; and 

 tarsus, 43.2 mm. It has the small size and light coloration char- 

 acteristic of this race of the little green heron which is found 

 throughout the Greater Antilles. 



This individual, which was taken at the edge of the mangroves 

 at North Cove, was very similar in voice and action to the northern 

 subspecies. It was the only one observed. 



FALCO COLUMBARIUS COLUMBARIUS Linnaens 



Pigeon hawk 



Falco colnmbarius Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, 1758, p. 90. (Carolina.) 



One of these little falcons was seen at close range as it flew above 

 an opening at the west end of Swan Island. 



GALLINULA CHLOROPUS (Linnaeus) 



Florida gallinule 



Fulica chloropus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, 1758, p. 152. (England.) 



On Grand Cayman Island, April 16, 1929, while in pursuit of the 

 green heron, the collectors drove a gallinule out of the thick man- 

 groves and would have taken it if it had not been considered more 

 important to secure the heron. This was the only one seen among 

 the islands visited. 



If it is assumed that this bird was a migrant, as would seem of 

 necessity to be the case, it should be the North American subspecies 

 G. c. cachinncms. 



COLUMBA LEUCOCEPHALA Linnaeus 



White-crowned pigeon 



Coltimba leucoccphala Linnaejus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, 1758, p. 164, 

 (Bahama Islands.) 



An adult male was taken on Grand Cayman April 16, 1929, by 

 A. K. Fisher, and another on Swan Island, April 19, by Gifford 

 Pinchot. 



This pigeon was common on both Grand Cayman and Swan 

 Islands. A sharp lookout was kept for other species, so that any 

 movement among pigeons was noticed. For this reason many more 

 white-crowned pigeons were seen than would have been the case if 



