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Siguanea. — A town-site at the southwestern extremity of the main 

 island. As the name is used by Mr. Link, it covers the coast in the 

 immediate vicinity, and the western end of the Cienaga for a distance 

 of several miles. 



Siguanea Bay. — See Ensenada de la Siguanea. 



Vivijagua. — See Bihijagua. 



West McKinley. — A name used by the promoting land-company for 

 the tract and settlement on the west side of the Rio de las Nuevas, 

 later on called Santa Barbara, which see. Many of Mr. Read's 

 observations were made here. 



List of Species. 

 The order of the present list follows that laid down for the higher 

 groups by Mr. Robert Ridgway in the first volume of his Birds of 

 North and Middle America. The actual sequence of the species, 

 however, so far as it has appeared in the body of that work, has been 

 reversed, and in the groups not yet treated by that author arranged as 

 well as may be to correspond. In matters of nomenclature the aim 

 has been to follow the latest and best authorities, save only where the 

 facts seem to justify a different course. While certain of the rulings 

 of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, as for 

 example the one which requires the original spelling to be followed in 

 the duplication of the final " i " in patronymic names, are decidedly 

 objectionable to the writer, he proposes to waive his personal preju- 

 dices for the sake of uniformity. Such species as in the judgment of 

 the writer are not fully authenticated as birds of the Isle of Pines are 

 included in their proper places, but are printed in smaller type, and 

 without a number prefixed. All measurements are in millimeters- 

 and in every case the length of the bill is that of the exposed culmen. 

 Free use has been made of Mr. Ridgway's Color Standards and Color 

 Nomenclature in discussing color variations and preparing descrip- 

 tions. As regards the names in the reference lists under the several 

 species, it should be explained that variations in orthography or 

 abbreviation do not appear under separate entries, all such having 

 been combined under one head, so long as the intention of the author 

 is clear. The formal citation of vernacular names in this connection 

 is of course defensible, in a faunal paper such as this, on the ground of 

 tending to completeness. The locality names in the references have 

 for the most part been given in corrected form. 



