Islands of the Coast of Yucatan, fyc. 91 



The four species found in the islands and the West Indies 

 to the exclusion of the mainland are : — 



1. Polioptila ccesiogaster?, Cozumel, Ruatan, and Bahamas. 



2. Dendroeca petechia, Cozumel and Jamaica. 



3. Elainea martinica, several islands and Lesser Antilles. 



4. Tyrannies magnirostris, Mugeres and Cuba. 



Besides these the following species, though also found on 

 the mainland, belong rather to the West-Indian fauna : — 



Vireo calidris, Cozumel and most of the West-Indian 

 islands. 



Tyrannus griseus, Cozumel and all the more northern 

 Antilles. 



Crotophaga ani*, Cozumel, Ruatan, and the Antilles 

 generally. 



+ Zenaida amabilis, Holbox, Mugeres, and most of the An- 

 tilles. 



-Engyptila jamaicensis, Holbox, Mugeres, Cozumel, and 

 Jamaica. 



To complete the list of birds with special West-Indian 

 affinities, the following peculiar species must be added : — 



Cerlhwla caboti, Holbox and Cozumel, nearest to C. buha- 

 mensis of the Bahamas. 



Spindalis benedicti, Cozumel, nearest to S. pretrii of Cuba 

 and S. zena of the Bahamas. 



Lastly, the species peculiar to the islands are 11 in num- 

 ber, viz. : — 



1. Harporhynchus guttatus, Cozumel. 



2. Troglodytes beani, Cozumel. 



3. Vireo bairdi, Cozumel. 



4. Cyclorhis insularis, Cozumel. 



Island so distinctly, that I infer that the place he visited -was some small 

 island or cay that has escaped the cartographers. It must, however be 

 well wooded to harbour such birds as species of Micometis, Embemagra. 

 Cyanolyca, Pijira, Attila, Dendromis, Thamnophilus, Trogon, Rhamphastos. 

 &c, &c. 



* It seems proper to consider this species as "West Indian, so far as the 

 islands now under consideration are concerned. It is, however, the pre- 

 valent species at Panama. 



