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grass, feeding on the lizards dislodged by the flames. Mr. Zappey saw 

 but a single individual in the dark phase, Mr. Link only one, and 

 Messrs. Palmer and Riley none at all, which circumstance tends to 

 show how rare it is in the island as compared with Cuba. 



36. Polyborus cheriway (Jacquin). Audubon Caracara. 



Polyboriis vulgaris Poey, Mem. Hist. Nat. Cuba, 1854, 426 (Nueva Gerona, fide 

 Gundlach). 



Polyborus cheriway Cory, Cat. W. Indian Birds, 1892, 99 (I. of Pines, in geog. distr.). 

 — Bangs & Zappey, Am. Nat., XXXIX, 1905, 191 (Santa Fe; habits). — Read, 

 Oologist, XXVIII, 1911, II (I. of Pines). — Read, Bird-Lore, XIII, 1911, 44 

 (McKinley); XV, 1913, 45 (Santa Barbara); I. of Pines News, VI, May 30, 

 1914 (I. of Pines). 



"Caracara" Read, Oologist, XXVIII, 191 1, 114 (West McKinley); XXX, 1913, 

 125 (Santa Barbara), 130 (I. of Pines). 



One specimen: Nueva Gerona. 



The Caracara is confined in the West Indies to Cuba and the Isle 

 of Pines, where it is not a common bird, and is moreover shy and 

 difficult of approach. Messrs. Palmer and Riley saw one each at both 

 Manigua and Nueva Gerona, and Mr. Link secured a single immature 

 example at the latter locality on January 29. Others were observed 

 at Los Indios and Bibijagua, and on one occasion, near Santa Fe, as 

 many as a half-dozen together, feeding on the carcass of a cow. In- 

 dividuals were repeatedly seen following in the wake of the fires started 

 to burn off the old crop of grass, in search of the bodies of the lizards, 

 snails, etc., which were left behind. The specimen secured by Mr, 

 Zappey near Santa Fe is said to be indistinguishable from Florida 

 examples. 



37. Pandion haliaetus carolinensis (Gmelin). Osprey. 



Pandion haliaetus carolinensis Cory, Cat. W. Indian Birds, 1892, 99 (I. of Pines, 

 in geog. distr.). — Bangs & Zappey, Am. Nat., XXXIX, 1905, 192 (I. of Pines, 

 ex Cory). 



" Fish Hawk" Read, I. of Pines News, VI, May 30, 1914 (I. of Pines). 



This species is recorded by Mr. Cory, but was not observed either 

 by Mr. Zappey or Messrs. Palmer and Riley, nor has Mr. Read ever 

 met with it. The single individual noted by Mr. Link was seen at 

 Caleta Grande on April 21, sailing about high overhead. It is un- 

 accountably rare in this section. 



