AUT. 2 BIRDS COLLECTED IN CUBA AND HAITI WETMOEE 1 1 



Suborder Fregatae 



Family FREGATIDAE, Man-o'-war Birds 



FREGATA MAGNIFICENS Mathews 



FkIGATE-BI1!D 



Fregata minor magnificens Mathews, Austral Avian Rec, vol. 2, Dec. 19, 1914, 

 p. 120 (Barrington Island, Galiipagos Archipelago). 



The five skins secured include an adult male, and an immature 

 male with white head and underparts, taken 10 miles east of Bara- 

 deres on April 6, and an adult female and two young shot on Navassa. 

 Island on May 10. One of the young is in down with contour feath- 

 ers appearing on the back. The other has wings and tail partly devel- 

 oped and adult feathers appearing on back and breast. These speci- 

 mens establish this species as a breeding bird of Navassa Island. 

 Hundreds were observed here on the date when specimens were taken. 



The frigate-bird was recorded also at Anse a Galets on March 22 

 and at tie a Vache on April 28. 



Order CICONIIFORMES 

 Suborder Ardeae 



Family ARDEIDAE, Herons and Bitterns 



ARDEA HERODIAS ADOXA Oberholser 

 West Indian Great Blue Hebon 



Ardea hot-odias adoxa Oberholser, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus;., vol. 43, Dec. 12, 

 1912, p. 544 (Curagao Island). 



A female was collected near the mouth of the Gibara River near 

 Gibara, Cuba, on February 24. This specimen has the wing 430 

 mm, its small size and pale coloration being normal for the West 

 Indian form. 



A young bird barely grown w^as caught by a native 10 miles east 

 of Baraderes, Haiti, April 6. The fact that this individual was 

 only recently from the nest indicates breeding for this species some- 

 where in that region, no nesting colonies being definitely known at 

 this time either in Haiti or in the Dominican Republic. Two great 

 blue herons Avere seen at Anse a Galets on Gonave Island on March 22. 



CASMERODIUS ALBUS EGRETTA (Gmelin) 



Egret 



Ardea Egretta Gmelin, Syst. Nat., vol. 1, pt. 2, 1789, p. 629 (Cayenne). 



An adult female egret was taken by Lee Parish on the Moa River 

 opposite Cayo Grande de Moa, Cuba, on March 8. The bird is in 



