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(Dominican Republic). — TrppE3NHAUER, Die Insel Haiti, 1892, 323. — Vekeill 

 (A. E. and A. H.), Proc. Acad. Nat Sci. Philadelpliia, Ixi, 1909, 356 (Santo 

 Domingo). 



(?) [Fidica] americana Cory, List Birds West Indies, 1885, 30, part (Antilles). — 

 Shaepe, Hand-list, i, 1899, 110, part (Antilles). — Bbabourne and Chubb, 

 Birds South America, i, 1912, 26 (Trinidad). 



(?) Fulica americana americana Wetmore, U. S. Dept. Agr. Bull. 326, 1916, 34 

 (Puerto Rico, resident; food, etc.). 



Fulica almericatw] americana Beebe, New York Zool. Soc. Bull., xxx, 1927, 

 139; Beneath Tropic Seas, 1928, 219 (Btang Miragoane, Hispaniola). 



(?) Fulica atra (not of Linnaeus) D'Orbiqny, in La Sagra, Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois., 

 1839, 271 (Spanish ed., p. 186). 



Fulica mexicana Descourtilz, Voy. Nat., ii, 1809, 66 (Pont de I'Estere, Haiti). — 

 RiTTEB, Naturh. Reise westind. Insel Hayti, 1836, 157 (Haiti). 



Fulica caribwa Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vii, 1884, 358 (Guadeloupe and 

 St. John, Lesser Antilles; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.).— Cory, Auk, v, 1888, 58 

 (Guadeloupe; St. John; descr.) ; viii, 1891, 46 (Anguilla Antigua); Birds 

 West Indies, 1889, 259 (Guadeloupe; St. John) ; Cat. West Indian Birds, 1892, 

 9, 91 (Puerto Rico; St. John; Antigua: Guadeloupe). — Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus., xxiii, 1894, 224.— Riley, Smiths. Misc. Coll., xlvii, 1904, 279 (Bar- 

 buda ; Antigua; measurements). — ? Clark (A. H.), Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. 

 Hist., xxxii, 1905, 247 (Mustique, Mayreau, Union Island, Canouan, Car- 

 riacou. Isle Ronde, and Grenada). — WErrMORB, Auk, xxxiv, 1917, 57 (Cule- 

 bra ; breeding?). — Belcher and Smooklir, Ibis, 1935, 285 (Trinidad; breeds). 



Flulica] carihwa Ridgway, Man. North Amer. Birds, 1887, 142. 



[Fulica'\ caribwa Cory, List Birds West Indies, rev. ed., 1886, 30 ("Antilles"). — ■ 

 Sharpe, Hand-list, i, 1899, 110. 



Fulica cariiaea Cooke, U. S. Dept. A.gr. Bull. 128, 1914, 47 ( range ) .—Peters, 

 Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Ixi, 1917, 403 (El Batey, Hispaniola ) .—Bangs 

 and Kbnnard, List Birds Jamaica, 1920, 6 (resident; much less abundant 

 than formerly). — Osgood and Conover, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ. 210, 

 1922, 41 (Lagunilla, Venezuela; crit). — Peters, Auk, xliv, 1927, 534 (An- 

 guilla, West Indies). — Wetmore, New York Acad. Sci., Sci. Surv. Porto 

 Rico, etc., ix, pt. 3, 1927, 346 (genl. ; Puerto Rico — Guanica, Cartagena, 

 Anegado, Guayabal, Camuy, Rio Arecibo ; St. Croix ; Culebra Island ; St. 

 John; syn. ; meas. ; crit.) ; Auk, xlv, 1928, 370 (Carriacou, West Indies). — 

 Danforth, Auk, xlvi, 1929, 363 (Laguna del Salodillo, Haina, Etang 

 Miragoane, Artibonite, GonaiVes, Hispaniola). — Moltoni, Att. Soc. Scienz. 

 Nat., Ixviii, 1929, 312 (Guerra, Hispaniola).— Bond, Proc. Acad. Nat, Sci. 

 Philadelphia, Ixxx, 1929, 495 (distr. in Haiti; habits); Auk, xlvii, 1930, 

 270 (St. Croix, Virgin I^ands).— Wktmore and Swales, U. S. Nat. Mus. 

 Bull. 155, 1931, 139 (habits and distr. in Hispaniola — El Batey, Rio Yasica, 

 near Monte Cristi, Laguna Cabral near Rincon, Laguna del Salodillo, 

 Haina, Port-de-Paix, Trou Caiman, Trou des Roseaux, near Gantier, Pont 

 de I'Estere, Etang Miragoane, lower Artibonite River, near GonaiVes). — 

 Danforth, Journ. Dept. Agr. Puerto Rico, xv, 1931, 22, 51 (Cartagena, 

 Anegado, and Guanica Lagoons, Guayabal Reservoir and Cosmo Springs 

 Reservoir, Puerto Rico) ; Auk, li, 1934, 358 (many seen Deed Sands Bay 

 and Gunthorpe's, Antigua) ; Journ. Dept. Agr. Univ. Puerto Rico, xix, 1935, 

 441, 448 (St. Croix; specimen; meas.; Jost van Dyke, 1 seen) ; 467 (Culebra, 

 St. John, Jost van Dyke, Beef Island, St. Croix) ; 477 (migrants, Barbuda) ; 

 xxi, 1937, 543 (Playe Grande, Vieques Island) ; xxiii, 1938, 23 (Guadeloupe) ; 

 xxiii, 1939, 54 (9 spec, from Montserrat.). — Peters, Check-List Birds of 



