Cory on the Birds of the West Indies., • og^ 



Bahama I. p. 219 (1880); ib. Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p 184 

 (1885). '" P "^ 



Procellaria ohscura Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. XI, p. 98 (1867) 



(San Domingo). 

 Puffinus-audnboni Finsch, P. Z. S. 1872, p. m (Bahamas). — Gundl. J. f. Q. 



1881, p. 400 (Cuba). — Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 34 (1885). 



Sp. Char.— Above glossy brown, shading into grayish upon the sides of the 

 breast; below white; crissum brown and white; tail brown, the feathers 

 faintly tipped with ashy; bill lead-color. 



Length, 12.50; wing, 8.00 ; tail, 4.25; tarsus, 1.60; bill, 1.30. 



Common among the Bahama Islands and the Greater Antilles, 

 but shy and somewhat difficult to procure. They breed in holes in 

 the rocks. Incubation commences about March 15. 



Family PODICIPID^. 

 Genus Podiceps Lath. 



Podiceps Latham, Ind. Orn. II, p. 780, 1790. 



Podiceps dominicus (Linn.). 



Colymbus dominicus \A-i^. Syst. Nat. I, p. 223 (1766). — (Jundl T f. O i8c;6 

 p. 430 (Cuba). • • • 5 



Colymbus dominicensis D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba Ois p 282 

 (1840). 



Podiceps dominicus GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 440 (1847).- Sall£, P. Z S 18^7 

 p.237 (San Domingo). -SCL. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 82 (Jamaica).- March 

 Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1864, p. 70 (Jamaica). -Gundl. Repert' 

 Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 386 ( 1 866) .- Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat Hist" 

 XI, p. 97 (1867) (San Domingo). — Gundl. J. f. O. 1875, p. 365 (Cuba)- 

 2b. Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 395 (1878) (Porto Rico). -Cory 

 Bds. Bahama I. p. 222 (1880). -A. & E. Newton, Handb. Jamaica' 

 p. 117 (1881). — Cory, Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, n i8c nSStv' 

 ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 34 (1885). ^'^^5;, 



Sylbeocyclus dominicus Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist VII n -oS ( ^'^f^\ 

 (Cuba). ' ^' ^ K^^'^) 



Podilymbus dominicus Taylor, Ibis, 1864, p. 172 (Porto Rico). 



