Todd: The Birds of the Isle of Pines. 193 



common in the Cienaga, where, however, it was not met with by Mr. 

 Link, although he made special search. It may be of very local dis- 

 tribution, or possibly its numbers have been reduced in the last few 

 years almost to the vanishing point. Mr. Read seems not to have 

 encountered it either, and it is difficult to account for its apparent 

 absence. 



31. Circus hudsonius (Linnaeus). Marsh Hawk. 



"Marsh Hawk" Read, Oologist, XXVI, 1909, 224 (I. of Pines); XXVII, 1910. 15 

 (I. of Pines; migr.); XXVIII, 1911, 7 (I. of Pines, Nov. 26), 114 (West Mc- 

 Kinley, Oct.); XXX, 1913, 130 (I. of Pines, winter). 



Circus hudsonius Read, Oologist, XXVIII, 1911, 11 (I. of Pines); I. of Pines News, 

 VI, May 30, 1914 (I. of Pines, winter). 



One specimen: Los Indios. 



A winter resident, apparently not ver}^ common. Mr. Link saw 

 a few in the marshy country around Los Indios and the Majagua 

 River from October on, securing a single bird on January 13. Mr. 

 Read has observed it several times in the northwestern part of the 

 island, his earliest fall record being October 12 (1909). According to 

 Gundlach it is not rare in Cuba, although not known from any of the 

 Other Antilles. 



Buteo platypterus cubanensis Burns. Cuban Broad-winged Hawk. 



"Broad-winged Hawk" Read, Oologist, XXVII, 1910, 84 (Los Tres Hermanos 



Mountains); XXX, 1913, 131 (I. of Pines). 

 Buteo platypterus cubanensis Burns, Wilson Bull., XVIII, 191 1, 148, in text (diag.), 



195 ([Los] Tres Hermanos Mountains, ^c/e Read). 

 Biileo platypterus Read, I. of Pines News, VI, May 30, 1914 (I. of Pines). 



Mr. Frank L. Burns has ventured to separate (provisionally at least) the Broad- 

 winged Hawk of Cuba and Porto Rico under the above name. The only record 

 for the Isle of Pines is based on a field-glass identification by Mr. Read, who says 

 that he saw a pair circling about the crown of Los Tres Hermanos Mountains, near 

 Nueva Gerona, on April 3, 1910. While there is of course nothing intrinsically 

 improbable in the occurrence of this species in the island, it is deemed best not to 

 formally admit it to the present list until more conclusive evidence is adduced. 



32. Urubitinga gundlachii (Cabanis). Cuban Crab Hawk. 



Hypomorphus gundlachi Poey, Mem. Hist. Nat. Cuba, 1854, 426 (Nueva Gerona, 



fide Gundlach). 

 Urubitinga anthracina (not Falco anlhracinus Lichtenstein) Cory, Cat. W. Indian 



Birds, 1892, 99 (I. of Pines, in geog. distr.). — Gundlach, Orn. Cubana, 1893, 18, 



19 (I. of Pines; nesting). — Bangs & Zappey, Am. Nat., XXXIX, 1905, 191 (I. 



of Pines, ex Poey; crit.). 



