TYPE SPECIMENS OF BIRDS 81 



15497. Immature (sex not indicated). Hawaiian Islands, Oceania. 



Original number 612. U.S. Exploring Expedition (1838-1842). 

 Peale referred to four specimens, but only three were ever entered into 

 the museum register, and Cassin's MS. list indicates that he saw but three. 

 No. 15715 was sent long ago to the Boston Society of Natural History and 

 is now preserved at the Museum of Comparative Zoology (where it is No. 

 74363). 

 Fulica americana grenadensis Riley 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 29: 103, June 6, 1916. 

 =Fulica americana americana Gmelin. See Bond, Checklist of birds of 



the West Indies, p. 32, footnote 24, 1940. 

 84849. Adult female. lie Ronde, just north of Grenada, Windward 

 Islands, Caribbean Sea. May 9, 1881. Collected by John G. Wells. 

 Original number 44. 

 Fulica caribasa Ridgway 



Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 7: 358, October 3, 1884. 



81020. Adult male. Saint John Island, Virgin Islands, Caribbean Sea. 

 Entered into the museum register on October 23, 1880. Collected by 

 Frederick A. Ober. Original number 80. 



81021. Adult female. Saint John Island, Virgin Islands, Caribbean Sea. 

 Entered into the museum register on October 23, 1880. Collected by 

 Frederick A. Ober. Original number 78. 



Ridgway's diagnosis was based upon three specimens from two localities 

 and is so worded that all seem to be cotypes. However, of the three, only 

 Nos. 81020 and 81021 bear on their labels (in Ridgway's hand) the word 

 "Type," and since there is reason to believe that this was written at the time 

 of description, No. 82492, from Guadeloupe, evidently ranked in Ridgway's 

 mind as a mere paratype. 

 Fulica caribaea major Danforth 

 Auk 42 (4) : 561, October 6, 1925. 

 =Fulica caribaea Ridgway. See Friedmann, Birds of North and Middle 



America 9: 222, 224, 1941. 

 313944. Adult male. Cartagena Lagoon (lat. 18°01' N., long. 67°06' 

 W.), Puerto Rico. January 14, 1924. Collected by Stuart T. Dan- 

 forth. Original number 16. Received from the Cornell University 

 Museum, where it was No. 2291. 



Order CHARADRIIFORMES: Shore-birds, Gulls, Auks 



Famify HAEMATOPODIDAE: Oyster-catchers 



Genus HAEMATOPUS Linnaeus 



Haematopus galapagensis Ridgway 

 Auk 3 (3): 331, July 1886. 

 =Haematopus ostralegus galapagensis Ridgway. See Peters, Checklist 

 of birds of the world 2 : 232, 1934. 



