TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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Introduction 1 



Physiography 2 



Historical account of ornithological investigations 7 



Field work for the Smithsonian Institution 22 



Discussion of the avifauna 37 



General 37 



Remarks on distribution 46 



Birds of Gonave Island 47 



Birds of Tortue Island 49 



Birds of Grande Cayemite Island 51 



Birds of Saona Island 51 



Birds of the Seven Brothers Islands 52 



Birds of Navassa Island 53 



Recommendations regarding further studies 53 



Acknowledgments 54 



Method of treatment 56 



Annotated list: 



Coly mbif ormes 57 



Colymbidae 57 



Procellariif ormes 61 



Procellariidae 61 



Hy drobatidae 63 



Pelecaniformes 64 



Phaethontidae 64 



Pelecanidae 65 



Sulidae 68 



[Phalacrocoracidae] 70 



Fregatidae 71 



Ciconiif ormes 73 



Ardeidae 73 



Ciconiidae 89 



Threskiornithidae 90 



Phoenicopteridae 94 



Anserif ormes 97 



Anatidae 97 



Falconif ormes 105 



Accipitridae 108 



Falconidae 117 



Galliformes 122 



Perdicidae 122 



Numididae 125 



Gruif ormes 128 



Aramidae 128 



Rallidae 130 



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