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^°^' me^"^] Wetmore, Birds of Vieques Island, P. R. 407 



Of the twenty-five species and subspecies of birds that are 

 restricted to Porto Rico (here taken as a political division includ- 

 ing Mona, Desecheo, Porto Rico, Vieques and Culebra) the fol- 

 lowing nine occur on Vieques: 



Amazona vittafa (?) (reported) 

 Smtrothera vieilloti (one record) 

 Mckmerpes portoricejisis 

 Gymnasio nudipcs (?) (reported) 

 Tolmarchus taylori 

 Myiarclnis antillaruvi 

 Dendroica adelaidce 

 Holoquiscalus brachypterus 

 Tiaris o. hryanti 



Opposed to these are sixteen forms precinctive in Porto Rico 

 which are not known to cross to Vieques Island. Among them 

 are several genera typical of the Greater Antilles. The list of 

 these missing forms is as follows : 



Accipiter striatus venator 



Choemepelia p. exigua (Mona Island) 



Todxis mcxicanus 



Asia portoriccnsis 



Chlorostilbon maugoei 



Anthracothorax viridis 



Blacicus hlancoi 



Mimocichla a. portoricensis 



Corvus I. leucognaphalus 



Vireo latimeri 



Icterus portoricensis 



Agekiivs xcmthomiis 



Tanagra sclateri (introduced into Vieques?) 



Spindalis portoricensis 



Nesospingus speculiferus 



Py r r h u lag ra po rto ricen sis 



The avifauna then resembles that of Porto Rico closely with the 

 addition of three forms that are not at present known to cross the 



