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16. Gallinula galeata galeata (Lichtenstein). FLORmA GALLINULE. 
— April 19 at daylight one of these gallinules was heard clucking in the 
mangroves bordering a lagoon. As it flew out I shot it. This bird and 
the coots observed were without doubt migrants. The lagoons here are 
not suited for their nests as there are no marshy growths around them. 
17. Rallus longirostris caribeus Ridgway. CARIBBEAN CLAPPER 
Rait.— Clapper Rails were common in the fringe of mangroves bordering 
the bay Ensenada Honda keeping entirely to the densest growth. Their 
loud explosive notes came all day long from the mangroves but only one 
bird was seen and collected. Though vociferous enough when not molested 
when they found that they were being followed they became silent and 
slipped away through the dense growth. They were heard grunting at 
night from the swamps at the foot of the hill below my house. 
18. Hematopus palliatus Temminck. OystTercATcHER.— Oyster- 
catchers were said to come at times to rocky points on Culebra and Cule- 
brita Islands. They were known locally as the Coracolero. 
19. Eupoda wilsoniarufinucha (Ridgway). Rurous-NAPED PLOVER. 
— There is a single bird in the U.S. National Museum collected on Culebra 
by Dr. J. D. Milligan of the “ Fish Hawk”’ on February 11, 1899. 
20. Arenaria interpres morinella (Linnezus). Ruppy TURNSTONE. 
— April 15 three or four of these birds were feeding on a mudbar in a lagoon 
on Culebrita. One was taken. 
21. Actitis macularia (Linneus). Spotrep SanpPipeR.— Winter 
visitant. Common during the time of my visit. A few spotted sandpipers 
were seen along the sandy beaches but the greater number were found in 
the mangroves. As Isat watching for Clapper Rails they came walking 
all about me on the open muddy floor of the swamp, gleaning around the 
projecting roots and wading through shallow pools of water. A female 
taken April 9 was molting into spotted plumage. 
22. Pisobia fuscicollis (Vieillot). Wurirr-rRuMpED SANDPIPER.— 
Two were seen April 15 on the north shore of Culebrita Island. One was 
shot but fell in a channel and was carried away by the currents. 
23. Larus atricilla Linneus. LaugHrne Gutu.— One was seen April 
13 flying above Playa Sardine and on the fifteenth four or five were perched 
on a buoy in Ensenada Honda. One of these was taken. After this date 
they were seen often circling over the inner bay sometimes high in the 
air, 
24. Sterna maxima Boddaert. RoyaLt Tern.— Usually a few of 
these terns were feeding with the pelicans in the shallow bay at Playa 
Sardine. Daily they came flying over the town high in the air calling 
harshly. On one occasion a flock of fifty or sixty passed over pursuing a 
frigate bird. On another day a frigate bird was seen closely following a 
tern which zigzagged from side to side in efforts to escape. Near Culebrita 
Island, April 15, a hundred or more were circling over a flat rocky islet. 
From their actions I thought that they were preparing to nest here. One 
was taken April 11. 
25. Geotrygon mystacea (Temminck and Knip). Tremminck’s 
