190 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



himself, the first definite and circumstantial record is that given by 

 Messrs. Bangs & Zappey: " A few Flamingoes inhabit Punta del Este 

 and Bibijagua. None were seen alive, but one morning the tracks of 

 about a dozen were found in the mud, and on another occasion three 

 individuals that had just been shot by a native were examined." 

 Mr. Link made special search and inquiry for this species, but without 

 result. There is a considerable area on the " south coast" and in the 

 Cienaga, however, w^hich still remains a terra incognita, ornithologically 

 speaking, and it is entirely possible that Flamingoes may yet be found 

 breeding somewhere in these parts, since it seems unlikely that they 

 would stray all the way from Cuba. 



26. Querquedula discors (Linna?us). Blue-winged Teal. 

 Querquedida discors Bangs & Zappey, Am. Nat., XXXIX, 1905, 189 (Cienaga). 



Two specimens: Rincon Lagoon. 



A winter resident in the Isle of Pines, as elsewhere in the West 

 Indies. Mr. Zappey found it in considerable numbers in the Cienaga 

 in March, 1902, although none were seen on his second trip, all prob- 

 ably having already gone north. Mr. Link met with the species but 

 once (February 21), on which occasion he shot two fine adult males 

 from a flock of twelve birds encountered at a lagoon near Bibijagua. 



27. Dendrocygna arborea (Linnaeus). Antillean Tree Duck. 



Dendrocygna arborea Cory, Cat. W. Indian Birds, 1892, 87 (I. of Pines, in geog. 



distr.). — Bangs & Zappey, Am. Nat., XXXIX, 1905, 189 (Santa Fe and the 



Cienaga; habits). — Read, Oologist, XXVI, 1909, 190, and XXVIII, 191 1, 11 



(I. of Pines). 

 "West Indian Tree Duck" Read, Oologist, XXVIII, 1911, 6, and XXX, 1913, 123 



(Nuevas River); XXVIII, 1911, 114 (West McKinley); XXX, 1913, 125 (Santa 



Barbara), 131 (I. of Pines). 



Six specimens: Siguanea. 



One shot November 14 is in worn and faded breeding dress, but 

 the other five, taken April 26 and 28, are in perfectly fresh plumage. 

 All were shot at the western end of the Cienaga near Siguanea, where 

 the species was quite common. Mr. Zappey found it numerous also 

 in May, in the eastern part of the Cienaga. " During the day it 

 keeps concealed in the Cienaga, but in the evening, toward dusk, it 

 leaves the swamps to feed in the royal palms, alighting on the trees 

 and picking off the berries. One night a half a dozen or so alighted 

 in the palms in the plaza at Santa Fe. The call note of this bird is 



