during a Cruise in the Caribbean Sea. 335 



Crotophaga ani Linn. 



I met with flocks of this Cuckoo in nearly every open 

 space on the island. The only specimen I shot, a male, does 

 not differ from those obtained elsewhere. In its stomach I 

 found four lizards and the remains of several large beetles. 

 This bird has probably established itself here recently, for 

 it prefers open spaces, and sixty years ago the island must 

 have been uniformly and densely wooded. 



jyJiMOClCHLA RUBRIPES (Tcmm.). 



Mimocichla rubripes eremiia Ridgw. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 

 X. p. 575 (1887). 



This Thrush has been separated from the typical M. rubripes, 

 which inhabits the western end of Cuba, by Mr. Ridgway on 

 the ground that it " averages larger, has shorter toes," and 

 that " the white of the chin and malar region is usually more 

 extended." 



During a stay of nearly three weeks various collecting- 

 parties from the yacht hunted high and low and searched 

 every corner of the island for this species, but without seeing 

 a sign of it. It is strange if it has died Out, for the owner 

 of the island takes great care to preserve the birds. He tells 

 me that occasionally he sees members of this genus in October; 

 but that is a month of gales, and no doubt these birds have 

 been blown over from Cuba, the Grand Cayman Island, or 

 elsewhere. 



The measurements given by Mr. Ridgway (^ Birds North 

 and Middle America,^ part iv. p. 85) would not, in my 

 opinion, justify the creation of a new subspecies; and the 

 variation in extent of the white on the chin and malar 

 region, which is the only other distinction given, does 

 not seem to be constant according to Mr. Ridgway's 

 description. 



Galeoscoftes carolinensis (Linn.). 



Several specimens taken. 



This bird was extremely abundant on the island, and I 



