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less than eighty-five are common to both islande, while eight others 

 are represented in the Isle of Pines by recognizably distinct forms, at 

 least one of which is so different from the original-stock form as to 

 merit (in the writer's judgment) the rank of a species. These Cuban 

 forms, with their respective representatives in the Isle of Pines, are 

 as follows: 



Western Cuba. 

 Rallus longirostris cubanus 

 Coliimha inornata inornata 

 Amazona leucocephala leucocephala 

 Sanrothera merlini 

 Glaucidium siju siju 

 Xiphidiopicus percussus perciissus 

 Centurus superciliaris superciliaris 

 Priotelus temnurus temnurus 



Isle of Pines. 

 Rallus longirostris leucophaus 

 Coliimha inornata proxima 

 Amazona leucocephala palmar um 

 Saurothera decolor 

 Glaucidium siju vittatum 

 Xiphidiopicus percussus insulcB-pinorum 

 Centurus superciliaris murceus 

 Priotelus temnurus vescus 



On the other hand, there are at least thirty-one species of western 

 Cuban breeding birds which have not as yet been recorded from the 

 Isle of Pines, as follows: 



* Sula leucogastra 



* Phaethon americanus 



* Plegadis autumnalis 



* Erismatura jamaicensis 



* Nomonyx dominiciis 



* Aix spoil sa 



* Pa'cilonetta hahamensis 

 Chondrohierax wilsonii 

 Bnteo borealis umbrinus 

 Biiteo platypterus cuhanensis 

 Accipiter gundlachi 

 Accipiter striatiis fringilloides 

 Limnopardalus maculatus inop- 



tatiis 



* Porzana flaviventris 



* Anoiis stoUdus stolidus 



* Sterna ancetheta 



* Sterna dougalli 



* Larus atricilla 



* Hcematopus palliatus 

 Geotrygon caniceps 



* Melopelia asiatica asiatica 

 Campephilus bairdii 

 Nesoceleus fernandince 

 Colaptes chrysocaulosus chrysO' 



caulosus 

 Nephcecetes niger niger 

 Corvus minutiis 

 Dendroica pityophila 

 Cyanerpes cyaneus ramsdeni 

 Agelaiiis humeralis 

 A mmodramiis savannarum subsp. 



* Sterna fuscata 



Almost half of the species in this list (designated by an asterisk) 

 are of more or less wide distribution, so that their absence is of no 

 especial significance. No doubt in due time a number of them will 

 be found in the Isle of Pines. Just how far a like probability may be 



