Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 259 



Fulica caribaea Ridgvv. 



Fulica caribcea Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VII, p. 35S (18S4). —Cory, 

 List Bds. W. I. p. 30 (1SS5). 



"Sp. Char. — Similar to F. americana, but differing in the slenderer bill 

 and in the form and color of the frontal shield. Frontal shield oval 

 or elliptical, much wrinkled, .70-.90 inch long, and .35-.50 wide, 

 in the breeding season; its color, pale brownish (whitish in life.?) 

 instead of chestnut or liver brown, as in F. americana" (Ridgvv. 

 1. c. orig. descr.). 

 Habitat. Guadejoupe and St. John. 



Family ANATID^E. 



Genus Anser Briss- 

 ^«.'?e;' Brisson, Orn. 1760. 



Anser albifrons gambeli. 



Anser albifrons Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 112 (1S50). — Cory, List Bds. W I 



p. 30(1885). 

 Anser gambeli W\WT\.. Rev. Mag. Zool. 1852, p. 7. — Cab. J. f. O. 1S57, p. 



226 (Cuba).— Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 308 (i860) 



(Cuba). 

 Anser gambelii Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I. p. 3S7 (1S66) ; ib. 



J. f. O. 1875, p. 375 (Cuba).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 30 (1SS5). 



Accidental in Cuba in winter. 



Genus Chen Boie. 

 Cheti Boie, Isis, 1822, p. 563. 



Chen hyperborea (Pall.). 



Anser hyperboreusV\\.\.. Spic. Zool. VI, pp. So, 25 (1769).— Lemb. Aves 



Cuba, p. Ill (1S50). — Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, VII, p. 



30S (i860) (Cuba).— March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1864, p. 70 



(Jamaica). — Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 1S2 (iSSo). 

 Chen hyperborcus Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 408 (1847).— Albrecht, J- f. O. 



1862, p 207 (Jamaica). — Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 



3S7 (1S66); ib. J. f. O. 1875, p. 371 (Cuba); ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. 



Hist. Nat. VII, p. 399 (1S7S) (Porto Rico). — A. & E. Newton, 



Handb. Jamaica, p. 112 (1881).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 30 (18S5) 



Accidental in Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica and Porto Rico. 



