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Circus hudsouius 



Falco peregrinus anatum 



Falco columharius 



Fulica americana 



Sterna sandvicensis acuflavida 



GalUnago delicata 



Limnodromus griseus griseus 



Pisohia minutilla 



Totanus melanoleucus 



Totanus flavipes 



Catoptrophorus semipalmatus semi- 



palmatus 

 Actitis macularia 

 Squatarola squatarola 

 Oxyechus vociferus vociferus 

 Charadrius semipalmatus 

 Arenaria inter pres morinella 

 Antrostomus carolinensis 

 Streptoceryle alcyon alcyon 

 Sphyrapicus varius varius 



Mimiis polyglottos polygioUos 



Diimetella carolinensis 



Polioptila ccerulea ccerulea 



Vireo griseus griseus 



Setophaga ruticilla 



Geothlypis trichas trichas 



Seiurus noveboracensis notahilis 



Seiurus aurocapillus 



Dendroica palmarum palmarum 



Dendroica discolor 



Dendroica dominica dominica 



Dendroica virens 



Dendroica coronata 



Dendroica ccerulescens ccerulescens 



Compsothlypis americana iisnecz 



Mniotilta varia 



Passerina cyanea 



Ammodramus savannarum aus- 



tratis 

 Passerculus sandivichensis savanna 



The remaining five species belong to the class of transient visitants, 

 appearing only during the migrations in spring and fall, on the way 

 to and from their breeding-grounds. Future research may add a 

 number of species to this list also. 



Chordeiles virginianus virginianus 

 Dolichonyx oryzivorus 



Hirundo erythrogastra 

 Dendroica striata 

 Tringa sol it aria 



Faunal Affinities. 

 Geographically speaking, the Isle of Pines is so closely related to 

 Cuba that a rise of only about fifty feet would sufifice to connect the 

 two islands. Even now the channel between is dotted with numerous 

 cays, forming a chain of islands which would surely present no especial 

 difficulties to the passage of birds, even those of weak flight. It does 

 not appear whether the Isle of Pines received its bird population from 

 Cuba in this manner, or before its separation from that island took 

 place; in either case we would expect to find their respective avifaunas 

 closely related. An analysis shows that of the one hundred and 

 twenty-six species on the list of breeding birds for western Cuba, no 



