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less than eighty-five are common to both islands, while eight others 

 are represented in the Isle of Pines by recognizably distinct forms, at 

 least one of which is so different from the original-stock form as to 

 merit (in the writer's judgment) the rank of a species. These Cuban 

 forms, with their respective representatives in the Isle of Pines, are 

 as follows: 



Western Cuba. 

 Rallus longiroslris cuhanus 

 Columba inornata inornata 

 Amazona leiicocephala leucocephala 

 Saurolhera merlini 

 Glaucidium siju siju 

 Xiphidiopicus percussus percussus 

 Centurus superciliaris superciliaris 

 Priotelus temnurus temniirus 



Isle of Pixes. 

 Rallus longiroslris leiicophceus 

 Columba inornata proxima 

 Amazona leucocephala palmarum. 

 Saurolhera decolor 

 Glaucidium siju vitiatutn 

 Xiphidiopicus percussus insulce-pinorum 

 Centurus superciliaris murceus 

 Priotelus temtiurus vescus 



On the other hand, there are at least thirty-one species of western 

 Cuban breeding birds which have not as yet been recorded from the 

 Isle of Pines, as follows: 



* Siila leucogastra 



* Phaethon americanus 



* Plegadis autumnalis 



* Erismatura jamaicensis 



* Nomonyx domrnicus 



* Aix sponsa 



* Pceciloiietta hahamensis 

 Chondrohierax wilsonii 

 Bnteo borealis umhrinus 

 Buteo platypteriis cubanensis 

 Accipiter gundlachi 

 Accipiter striatus fringilloides 

 Limnopardalus maculatus inop- 



tatus 



* Porzana flaviventris 



* Anous stolidus stolidus 



Sterna anatheia 



Sterna dougalli 



Lams atricilla 



Hcsmatopiis palliatiis 



Geotrygon cafiiceps 



Melopelia asiatica asiatica 



Campephihis hairdii 



Nesoceleus fernandince 



Colaptes chrysocaulosus chryso- 



caulosiis 

 Nephcecetes niger niger 

 Corvus minutiis 

 Dendroica pityophila 

 Cyanerpes cyaneus ramsdeni 

 Agelaius humeralis 

 Ammodramus savajinarum suhsp. 



* Sterna fuscata 



Almost half of the species in this list (designated by an asterisk) 

 are of more or less wide distribution, so that their absence is of no 

 especial significance. No doubt in due time a number of them will 

 be found in the Isle of Pines. Just how far a like probability may be 



