Todd: The Birds of the Isle of Pines. 263 



(?) Seiurus motacilla Read, Oologist, XXVIII, 191 1, 12 (I. of Pines). — Read, 



Bird-Lore, XV, 1913, 45 (Santa Barbara, December 25). 



From an examination of the available evidence it would appear that this water- 

 thrush is much the rarer of the two in the West Indies, the general trend of its 

 migration, according to Prof. W. W. Cooke, being southwestward. Mr. Link did 

 not detect it in the Isle of Pines, and Mr. Read's records above cited constitute 

 the sole basis for its supposed occurrence. In reply to an inquiry he writes that 

 his identifications were based on specimens taken from time to time, but un- 

 fortunately not preserved. As he is admittedly not quite clear in discriminating 

 between the two species, however, it is deemed wise to delay the admission of the 

 present species to the list until specimens can be examined. Mr. Read considers 

 it to be a winter resident, arriving the latter part of August (August 24, 1909; 

 August 21, 191 1 ; August 29, 1913), and remaining through March or into April, 

 April 4, 1910, being the latest recorded date in the spring.] 



118. Seiurus noveboracensis notabilis Ridgway. Grinnell Water- 

 Thrush. 



Seiurus noveboracensis (not of Gmelin) Poey, Mem. Hist. Nat. Cuba, 1854, 426 

 (Nueva Gerona, ^de Gundlach). — Cory, Cat. W. Indian Birds, 1892, 119 (I. of 

 Pines, in geog. distr.). — Gundlach, Orn. Cubana, 1895, 72 (I. of Pines). — 

 Bangs & Zappey, Am. Nat., XXXIX, 1905, 210 (I. of Pines, March; Poey's 

 record). — Read, Oologist, XXVIII, 191 1, 12 (I. of Pines). — Read, Bird-Lore, 

 XV, 1913, 45 (Santa Barbara). 



"Water-Thrush" Read, Forest and Stream, LXXIII, 1909, 452 (I. of Pines, 

 December 15). — Read, Oologist, XXVI, 1909, 58 (I. of Pines); XXVII, 1910, 5 

 (Nuevas River), 14 (I. of Pines; migr.); XXVIII, 191 1, 7 (I. of Pines, October), 

 113 (West McKinley, December); XXX, 1913, 127 (Santa Barbara), 130 (I. of 

 Pines, January). — Read, I. of Pines News, VI, Feb. 14, 1914 (I. of Pines). 



Four specimens: Los Indios. 



Although Prof. Cooke, in discussing the winter range of the Water- 

 Thrush {Bulletin Biological Survey, No. 18, 1904, 103) says that the 

 West Indian records " unquestionably relate to the eastern bird," I 

 would refer the four specimens from the Isle of Pines before me to 

 notabilis with but little hesitation. These were shot between Sep- 

 tember 30 and November 16 at I.os Indios, where the species was found 

 to be common, as well af at Siguanea, frequenting the bushy mangroves 

 along the water's edge. At this latter locality it was recorded as late 

 as the first of May, while Mr. Read has noted its arrival in his district 

 in the fall movement as early as August 20 (1909). It is included in 

 the lists of both Poey, Cory, and Gundlach, and was noted also by 

 Mr. Zappey on his first trip to the island. 



