Todd: The Birds of the Isle of Pines. 191 



much like that of the Wood Duck (Aix sponsa).'' Mr. Read has 

 noted it several times in the northern part of the island, along the 

 Nuevas River. Mr. Link observed a few at Rincon Lagoon, also 

 along the Los Indios River, and at Pasadita. It was never seen 

 swimming about in the water like other ducks, but usually wading 

 about in the swamps, or perched in the adjoining mangroves. The 

 stomachs of those examined contained grass. The natives sometimes 

 tame the young birds, several of which were seen running about the 

 houses like domestic ducks. No nesting records were obtained. 



28. Chen hyperboreus nivalis (Forster). Greater Snow Goose. 



Chen hyperhorea nivalis Cory, Cat. \V. Indian Birds, 1892, 87 (I. of Pines, in 

 geog. distr.). — Bangs & Zappey, Am. Nat., XXXIX, 1905, 189 (I. of Pines, ex 

 Cory and Gundlach). — Cooke, Bull. Biol. Survey, No. 26, 1906, 67 (I. of Pines 

 [ex Gundlachl). 



Chen hyperboreus Gundlach, Orn. Cubana, 1895, 257 (I. of Pines). 



According to Gundlach this species has appeared in Cuba as a 

 winter resident in considerable numbers, and he records it from the 

 Isle of Pines without special comment, although it has not been 

 detected there by any of the more recent workers. It has been recorded 

 from Jamaica, however, as well as from Porto Rico, but according to 

 Prof. Cooke is not common as a rule anywhere south of North Carolina. 



29. Cathartes aura aura (Linnaeus). Southern Turkey Vulture. 



Cathartes aura Poey, Mem. Hist. Nat. Cuba, 1854, 426 (Nueva Gerona, fide 

 Gundlach; habits). — Cory, Cat. W. Indian Birds, 1892, 98 (I. of Pines, in geog. 

 distr.). — Nelson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, XVIII, 1905, 122 (I. of Pines; 

 crit.). — Read, Oologist, XXVIII, 1911, 11 (I. of Pines). 



Cathartes aura aura Bangs & Zappey, Am. Nat., XXXIX, 1905, 190 (Santa Fe; 

 crit.; meas.). — Read, Bird-Lore, XIII, 1911, 44 (McKinley); X\\ 1913, 45, 

 and XVI, 1914, 50 (Santa Barbara). 



(?)"Carrion Crow" Read, Oologist, XXVI, 1909, 58 (I. of Pines), 102 (crit.; "prob- 

 ably an immature Turkey Buzzard"). 



"Turkey Buzzard" Read, Forest and Stream, LXXIII, 1909, 452 (I. of Pines). — 

 Read, Oologist, XXVI, 1909, 58 (I. of Pines); XXVII, 1910, 84 (Los Tres 

 Hermanos Mountains) ; XXX, 1913, 123 (McKinley). 



"Southern Turkey Buzzard" Re.\d, Oologist, XXVII, 1910, 5, and XXVIII, 1911, 

 6, 10 (Nuevas River), 3 (McKinley), 5 (Santa Barbara Mountain, etc.), 7 

 Cafiada Mountains, etc.), 113 (West McKinley); XXX, 1913, 125 (Santa 

 Barbara), 130 (I. of Pines), 164 (Santa Barbara to Nueva Gerona), 168 (Los 

 Indios). 



(?) Catharista uruba [sic] Read, Oologist, XXVIII, 1911, 11 (crit.; "possibly an 

 immature Turkey Buzzard"). 



One specimen: Los Indios. 



