210 Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



also in some numbers at Cayo Largo, an island some fifty miles east 

 of the Isle of Pines, during a brief visit the latter part of May, and a 

 specimen was secured. 



49. Himantopus mexicanus (Miiller). Black-necked Stilt. 



Himantopus mexicanus Bangs & Zappey, Am. Nat., XXXIX, 1905, 195 (Bibi- 

 jagua). 



Mr. Zappey has been the only observer to meet with this species 

 in the Isle of Pines. Two were seen, one of which was secured, in the 

 " Salina " at Bibijagua on May 15, 1904. According to Prof. Cooke 

 {Bulletin Biological Survey, No. 35, 1910, 20), " the species is a toler- 

 ably common resident of the entire West Indies," a statement con- 

 firmed by Gundlach {Ornitologia Ciibana, 1895, 222), so that its 

 occurrence in the Isle of Pines is no more than was to be expected. 



50. Gallinago delicata (Ord). Wilson Snipe. 



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



(I. of Pines; migr.); XXX, 1913, 125 (Santa Barbara), 131 (I. of Pines). 

 Gallinago delicata Read, Oologist, XXVIII, 1911, 11 (I. of Pines). 



The Wilson Snipe is a winter resident in the Isle of Pines, living in 

 fresh-water swamps, where there is always plenty of suitable covert. 

 The brush and marsh-grasses in these situations make shooting much 

 more difficult than in the north, and although individuals were seen 

 from time to time, none were actually secured. The first was observed 

 at Bogarona on October 17, and others were noted in a marshy tract 

 near the Caballos Mountains at intervals through the winter months. 

 Mr. Read has recorded its arrival in fall migration as early as Sep- 

 tember 2 (1913), other records being September 18 (1912), October 3 

 (191 1) and 21 (1909). No spring dates of departure are on record. 



51. Limnodromus griseus griseus (Gmelin). Dowitcher. 



Seven specimens: Los Indies, Rincon Lagoon, and El Bobo Lagoon. 



A single individual, the only one seen at the time, was shot at Los 

 Indios on November 23. Several good-sized flocks were seen at 

 Rincon Lagoon on February 21 and 22, and three weeks later (March 

 14 and 15) it was found in considerable abundance at El Bobo Lagoon. 

 All of the specimens secured are in full winter dress with the exception 

 of one from this latter locality, in which the prenuptial moult of the 

 body-plumage is in progress, the bird presenting a curious pied ap- 

 pearance. The species is to be set down as a winter resident in the 

 Isle of Pines, as elsewhere in the W^est Indies. 



