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bird on Tortue would seem to be fortuitous since there is little reason 

 to suppose a former close union of Tortue with the Bahamas. The 

 honey-creeper and grosbeak (Loxigitta) of Tortue differ from those 

 of the main island, while the lizard-cuckoo is the same. It will 

 be recalled that the latter on Gonave is a distinct race. Numbers of 

 the peculiar types of Hispaniola are not known to range to Tortue. 

 Following is the complete list of birds known from the island : 



Phaethon lepturus catesbyi 



Falco sparverius dominicensis 



Aramus pictus elucus 



Pagolla wilsonia rufinucha 



Totanus fiavipes 



Crocethia alba 



Himantopus mexicanus 



Columba leucocephala 



" inornata inomata 



Zenaida zenaida zenaida 



Zenaidura macroura macroura 



Chaemepelia passerina insularis 



Oreopeleia chrysia 



Coccyzus minor teres 



Saurothera longirostris longirostris 



Chordeiles minor vici?ius 

 • Chaetura pelagica 



Streptoprocne zonaris pallidifrons 



Anthracothorax dominicus 



Mellisuga minima vielloti 



Sphyrapicus varius varius 



Tyrannus dominicensis dominicensis 



Myiarchus dominicensis 



Petrochelidon fulva fulva 



Dumetella carolinensis 



Mimus polyglottos dominicus 



Mimocichla ardosiacea ardosiacea 



Vireo crassirostris tortugae 17 



Vireo olivaceus olivaceus 



Goereba banwiivora nectarea 1T 



Mniotilta varia 



C ompsothlypis americana pusilla 



Dendroica petechia albicollis 

 " tigrina 



" coronata coronata 



" caerulescens caervlescens 



" palmarum palmarwrm 



17 Peculiar to Tortue Island. 



