Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 2O9 



GossE, Bds. Jam. p. i (1S47). — Bryaijt, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 

 VII, p. 104 C1859) (Bahamas) ; ib. Brewer, p. 306 (i860) (Cuba). 

 — Albrecht, J. f. O. 1862, p. 203 (Jamaica). — March, Pr. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S63, p. 150 (Jamaica). — Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. 

 Cuba, I, p. 221 (1S65) ; ib. J. f. O. 1871, p. 253 (Cuba).— Cory, 

 Bds. Bahama I. p. 134 (18S0). — A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, 

 p. Ill (18S1).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 23 (1885). 



Recorded from the Bahamas, Cuba, and Jamaica. 



Genus Catharista Vieill. 



Catharista Vieillot, Analyse, p. 21, 1816. 



Catharista atrata (Bartr.). 



Viiltnr atratusBiXK-TR. Trav. Car. p. 285 (1792). 



Cathartes atratus March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 151 (Ja- 

 maica). — A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica, p. iii (1881). 

 Catharista atrata Cory, List Bds. W. 1. p. 23 (1885). 



This species is claimed to have occurred in Jamaica. No 

 other West Indian record. 



Family COLUMBIDAE. 



Genus Columba Linn. 

 Columba Linn^us, Sjst. Nat. 1735, and Syst. Nat. ed. 10, p. 162 (1758). 



Columba leucocephala Linn. 



Columba leucocephala Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 164 (1758).— Nutt. Man. 

 Orn. I, p. 625 (1832). — Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 299 (1S47). — Salle, 

 P. Z. S. 1S57, p. 235. — March, Pr. Acad. Nat^ Sci. Phila. 1863, p. 

 301. — Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 96 (1S66). — Sundev. 

 Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. For. 1869, pp. 585, 600. — Scl. & Salv. Nom. 

 Avium Neotr. p. 132 (1873). — Bd. Bwr. & Rinow. Hist. N. Am. 

 Bds. Ill, p. 363 (1874).— Lawr. Pr. U. S.Nat. Mus. I, p. 487 (187S) 



