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and XXVIII, 191 1, 12 (I. of Pines), 8 (Nuevas River; habits). — Read, Bird- 

 Lore, XIII, 1911, 44 (McKinley); XV, 1913, 45, and XVI, 1914, 50 (Santa 

 Barbara). — Read, I. of Pines News, VI, Jan. 10, 1914 (I. of Pines, summer, not 

 common). 

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

 Read, Oologist, XXVIII, 191 1, 7 (I. of Pines), 10 (Nuevas River); XXX, 

 1913, 127 (Santa Barbara), 131 (I. of Pines). 



Two Specimens: Los Indios. 



All observers agree as to the comparative scarcity of this large 

 flycatcher in the Isle of Pines. Indeed, Mr. Link met with it on but 

 one occasion, securing a pair at Los Indios early in May. These 

 are both in worn breeding dress, and the male is apparently not fully 

 mature, lacking attenuated tips to the outer primaries. Mr. Zappey 

 secured five specimens in the eastern part of the island — all shot in 

 the vicinity of water. Mr. Read says that it is " fairly common along 

 the Nuevas River, where it may often be seen catching insects over 

 the water and occasionally minnows which are swimming near the 

 surface, returning to an overhanging branch to swallow its prey after 

 the fashion of a Kingfishei." The stomachs examined by Messrs. 

 Zappey and Link, however, contained nothing but insects and a few 

 berries. Despite Mr. Read's statement that this species is exclusively 

 a summer resident, there can be no question as to its occurrence in the 

 Isle of Pines throughout the year as in Cuba, since there are no records 

 of its being found to the southward. 



99. Tolmarchus caudifasciatus (D'Orbigny). Cuban Petchary. 



Tyr annus caudifasciatus Poey, Mem. Hist. Nat. Cuba, 1854, 426 (Nueva Gerona, 

 fide Gundlach). 



Pitangus caudifasciatus Gundlach, Orn. Cubana, 1895, 83 (I. of Pines). — Bangs & 

 Zappey, Am. Nat., XXXIX, 1905, 206 (Santa Fe, El Hospital, Jucaro, and 

 Cayo Bonito). 



Tolmarchus caudifasciatus Ridgway, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 50, IV, 1907, 679 

 (Nueva Gerona; Santa Fe, El Hospital, Jucaro, and Cayo Bonito, ex Bangs and 

 Zappey; meas.). — Read, Oologist, XXVIII, 1911, 7 (I. of Pines; habits); XXX, 

 1913, 122 (McKinley; habits). — Read, I. of Pines News, V, Oct. 25, 1913 

 (descr. ; habits). 



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

 Read, Oologist, XXVI, 1909, 58, 102, and XXVIII, 1911, 12 (I. of Pines). 



"Cuban Kingbird" Read, Oologist, XXVII, 1910, 5 (Nuevas River), 84 (Mc- 

 Kinley to Nueva Gerona); XXVIII, 191 1, 3 (McKinley and Santa Barbara 

 Mountain, etc.), 5 (McKinley; nesting), 6, 10 (Nuevas River), 7 (Caiiada 

 Mountains, etc.), 113 (West McKinley), 146 (Bibijagua); XXX, 1913, 123 

 (Nuevas River), 125 (Santa Barbara), 130 (I. of Pines), 168 (Los Indios). 



