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Family FALCONIDAE, Falcons and Caracaras 



FALCO SPARVERIUS SPARVERIOIDES Vigors 



Cuban Sparkow Hawk 



Faico sparverioides Vigors, Zool. Journ., vol. 3, Dec, 1827, p. 43G (Havana, 

 Cuba). 



The usual two color phases are represented in the four specimens 

 obtained. Male and female obtained above the mouth of Rio Gibara, 

 near Gibara, Cuba, are in the light phase, while two others, also male 

 and female, from the Rio Fabrico, opposite Cayo Grande de Moa, 

 are strongly rufescent. 



FALCO SPAKVERIUS DOMINICENSIS Gmelin 



Hispaniolan Sparrow Hawk 



Falco dommicensi^ Gmelin, Syst. Nat., vol. 1, irt. 1, 1788, p. 285 (Hispaniola). 



Skins were taken as follows : Male, western end of Gonave Island, 

 Haiti, March 21; Thomazeau, April 1; Petite Cayemite Island, 

 April 14; lie a Vache, April 27. These show the usual variation in 

 the amount of brown across the chest. 



Order GRUIFORMES 



Suborder Grues 



Family ARAMIDAE, Limpkins 



ARAMUS PICTUS ELUCUS Peters 

 LiMPKIN 



Aramus piotus elucus I'eters, Occ. P;;]!. Bo.ston Spc. Nat. Hist., vol. 5, Jan. 30, 

 1925, p. 143 (Sosiia, Dominican Republic). 



A male, an excellent specimen, was obtained by S. W. Parish at 

 Montet near Port au Prince on May 17. This bird has the following 

 measurements: Wing, 317; tail, 132.2; culmen from base, 111.5; and 

 tarsus, 113.5 mm. 



Family RALLIDAE, Rails 



RALLUS LONGIROSTRIS VAFER Wetmore 



Hispaniolan Clapper Rail 



RaU/us lonffUrtfttris vafer AVetmore, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 41, June 29, 

 1928. p. 121 (Etroites. Gonave Island, Haiti). 



Three specimens taken include a male from Petite Gonave Island, 

 March 19 ; a female from Petit Trou de Nippes, April 9 ; and a male 



