Todd: The Birds of the Isle of Pines. 255 



Both Poey, Cory, and Gundlach record the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 

 from the Isle of Pines, and Mr. Zappey found it there in March, 1902, 

 but not on his later trip. Mr. Link did not chance to meet with it. 

 It is obviously a winter resident, as in Cuba, where according to 

 Gundlach it is abundant. 



108. Corvus nasicus Temminck. Cuban Crow. 



Corvus jamaicensis? (not of Gmelin) Poey, Mem. Hist. Nat. Cuba, 1854, 427 



(Nueva Gerona, fide Gundlach). 

 Corvus nasicus Cory, Cat. W. Indian Birds, 1892, no (I. of Pines, in geog. distr.). 



— Gundlach, Orn. Cubana, 1895, 126 (I. of Pines). — Bangs & Zappey, Am. Nat., 



XXXIX, 1905, 209 (La Vega and Pasadita; habits). 

 "Cuban Crow" Read, Oologist, XXX, 1913, 130 (I. of Pines, fide G. A. Link). 



Eleven specimens: Caleta Grande, Caleta Cocodrilos, Jacksonville, 

 and Pasadita. 



A common species in the Cienaga at Pasadita, where it was found 

 by both Mr. Zappey and Mr. Link. The latter observer failed to 

 meet with it at the western end of the Cienaga, near Siguanea, although 

 it was noted in comparative abundance on the " south coast." A 

 nest was discovered at Jacksonville on April 21, containing one addled 

 egg and three newly hatched young. The egg resembles that of the 

 Common Crow, but the ground-color is rriuch paler. The nest was 

 a mass of sticks, bark, etc., placed on a star-palm about twenty feet 

 from the ground. The Cuban Crow is less wary and difficult of 

 approach than the northern species, and has a great variety of notes 

 and calls, reminding one of the Raven in this respect. 



109. Vireo gundlachii gundlachii Lembeye. Gundlach Vireo. 



Vireo gundlachi Cory, Cat. W. Indian Birds, 1892, 116 (I. of Pines, in geog. distr.). 



— Gundlach, Orn. Cubana, 1893, 45 (I. of Pines). — Bangs & Zappey, Am. Nat., 



XXXIX, 1905, 209 (Cayo Bonito; crit.). — Read, Bird-Lore, XV, 1913, 45 



(Santa Barbara). 

 " Gundlach's Vireo " Read, Oologist, XXVIII, 1911, 11 (Nuevas River), 13 (I. of 



Pines); XXX, 1913, 123 (McKinley), 125 (Santa Barbara), 130 (I. of Pines). 



Six specimens: Caleta Grande and Nueva Gerona. 



A single example of this interesting species was secured by Mr. Link 

 at Caleta Grande on November 29. Later, in February and March, 

 it was encountered near Nueva Gerona also, and a few additional 

 specimens were obtained, the series being very uniform in coloration. 

 All of these were shot in bushy thickets, similar to those in which the 

 Black-whiskered Vireo was found. The species appears to be rather 



