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The followirii^ notes are from Mr. Taylor: "Very common at the end 

 of tlie year on all sandy beaclies. They are usually seen singly, thougli I 

 have more than once mjt with small parties composed of six or eight 

 birds. They frequent the edges of the shores, picking among the weeds 

 and refuse and following the retreating waves for food. The earliest 

 record of their arrival, that I can find among my notes, is dated Septem- 

 ber 4." 



86. Symphemia semipalmata {Ginrl.). Willet. — There are records hJ 

 both Gosse ('Birds of Jamaica,' p. 354) and March (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila. 1864, p. 67). Mr. Taylor tells me that he has not met with the 

 species, and it must be considered rare or casual. 



87. Bartramia longicauda {Bec/ist.). Bartramian Sandpipkk. — This 

 is also only a casual or very rare visitor to the island. The only record 

 is that given by March (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1864, p. 67), and this 

 appears to be somewhat doubtful. Mr. Taylor has no personal i-ecords 

 of the species. 



88. Actitis macularia {Linn.). Spotted Sandpiper. — I found this spe- 

 cies not uncommon in suitable localities whenever I was able to investi- 

 gate the bird fauna of the island. This was from late in November till 

 the last of February. Gosse says ('Birds of Jainaica,' p. 349) : ''It arrives 

 from the north about the end of August, and remains certainly till after 

 the middle of April, and I am not sure that individuals do not stay all the 

 summer." Mr. Taylor gives me the following notes: "This species is 

 probably a resident. It is common in favorable localities, but I have no 

 notes regarding it." 



89. Numenius longirostris Wils. Long-billed Curlew. — Apparently 

 a rare or casual visitor. Referred to by both Gosse ('Birds of Jamaica,' 

 p. 348) and March (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1864, p. 68). Mr. Taylor 

 gives me the fc>llowing notes : "A Curlew reported to me as seen near 

 Milk River in Clarendon during the winter months may be this species." 



Besides Ntimenius longirostris^., there are evidently one or two other 

 species of Curlews or Godwits that seem to have occurred on the 

 island. From the following quotation from Gosse ('Birds of Jamaica,' p. 

 348) it will be seen that the identity of these is uncertain. "On the same 

 authority [Mr. Hill] I mention two species of Curlews, the one known as 

 the Black Curlew, which is Numenius longirostris., and the other called 

 the White Curlew, which may be N. liudsonicus, or perhaps Ibis alba.'" 



90. Charadrius squatarola {Linn.). Black-bellied Plover. — Records 

 from Jamaica by both Gosse ('Birds of Jamaica,' p. 333) and March 

 (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1S64, p. 66). Mr. Taylor has no personal 

 record of this nor of the following species. 



91. Charadrius dominicus Mull. American Golden Plover. — There 

 are several well-authenticated records of its occurrence on the island : 

 Gosse, 'Birds of Jamaica,' p. 333; March, Proc. Acad Nat. Sci. Phila., 

 1864, p. 66; Cassin, ibid., p. 241 ; Albrecht, J. f. O., 1862, p. 205. 



92. ./Egialitis vocifera {Linn.). Killdeer. — This is apparently a com- 

 mon resident species in suitable localities throughout the island. At 

 Constant Springs and on the Liguanea Plain I saw them constantly 



