NO. 2 BIRDS OF ISLA ESCUDO DE VERAGUAS — WETMORE 5 



Family Sulidae : Boobies 



SULA LEUCOGASTER LEUCOGASTER (Boddaert): Brown Booby, Piquero 



Moreno 



Pelecanus Leucogaster Boddaert, Table des planches enluminees, 1783, p. 57. 

 (Cayenne.) 



Scattered groups rested on small islets off the western end of the 

 island, selecting those that were rocky or covered with short herbage. 

 They were nesting here, as I noted several large down-covered young. 

 At sunset adults came in from the open sea, flying low above the water, 

 singly or in groups of three or four. As our launch passed, a number, 

 part of them fully grown young, came flying out from the islets to 

 circle about with evident curiosity. There were no frigate-birds here, 

 and so the boobies were free from molestation. I estimated that about 

 200 individuals were present. 



Family Charadriidae : Plovers, Turnstones 



CHARADRIUS SEMIPALMATUS Bonaparte: Semipalmated Plover, Chorlito 



Semipalmado 



Charadrius scmipalmatus Bonaparte, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 5, 

 August 1825, p. 98. (Coast of New Jersey.) 



A flock of 14 ranged the beach at the southeastern end of the island. 



Family Scolopacidae : Snipe, Woodcock, Sandpipers 



ACTITIS MACULARIA (Linnaeus): Spotted Sandpiper, Playerito Coleador 



Tringa macularia Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 249. (Penn- 

 sylvania.) 



One seen on March I. 



NUMENIUS PHAEOPUS HUDSONICUS Latham: Whimbrel, Zarapito 



Trinador 



Numenius hudsonicus Latham, Index ornithologicus, vol. 2, 1790, p. 712. (Hud- 

 son Bay.) 



One seen on the beach March I. 



Family Columbidae: Pigeons, Doves 



COLUMBA LEUCOCEPHALA: White-crowned Pigeon, Paloma Cabeciblanca 



Cohtmba leucoccphala Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. io, vol. 1, 1758, p. 164. 

 (Bahama Islands.) 



Two were seen March i in the top of a thickly leaved tree. A male 

 in the collection of the University of California at Los Angeles was 

 shot on March 3, 1936, by Frank Richardson, now of the Department 



