A.O Cory oh the Birds of the West Indies. [January 



THE BIRDS OF THE WEST INDIES, INCLUDING 



THE BAHAMA ISLANDS, THE GREATER AND 



THE LESSER ANTILLES, EXCEPTING 



THE ISLANDS OF TOBAGO 



AND TRINIDAD. 



BY CHARLES B. CORY. 



{Continued from Vol. IV, p. 328.] 



Genus Nycticorax Steph. 

 Nycticorax Stephens, Gen. Zool. XI, p. 608, 1S19. 



Nycticorax violaceus (Linn.) 



y 



Ardea violacea Linn. Syst. Nat. I, p. 238 (1766) ; Sundev. Oefv. K. 

 Vet. Akad. For. 1869, p. 589 (St. Bartholomew) ; ib. p. 603 (Porto 

 Rico). 



Nycticorax violacea D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 213 

 (1S40). 



Nycticorax violaceus Bryant, Pr. Host. Soc. Nat. Hist. VH, p. 120 (1859) 

 (Bahamas) ; ib. Brewer, p. 308 (i860) (Cuba).— ScL. P. Z. S. 1861, 

 pp. 70, 81 (Jamaica). — Albrecmt. J. f. O. 1862, p. 306 (Jamaica). — 

 ScL. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 273 (Santa Lucia). — A. & E. Newton. Handb. 

 Jamaica, p. iii (1881). —Cory, Auk, IIL p. 502 (1886) (Grand 

 Cayman). 



Nyctherodius violaceus A. & E. Newton, Ibis, 1859, P- 262 (St. Croix). — 

 Cassin, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. i860, p. 379 (St. Thomas) ; ib 

 March, 1864, p. 65 (Jamaica). — Gunul. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba 

 I, p. 351 (1866).— Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. VIII, p. 98 (1867) (Som- 

 brero). — GuNDL. J. f. O. 1875, p. 311 (Cuba); ib. Anal. Soc. Esp 

 Hist. Nat. VII, p. 363 (1S7S) (Porto Rico).— Wells, List Bds 

 Grenada, p. 9 (1886). 



Nyctiardea violacea Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 275 (1878) (Grenada) 

 ib. p. 460 (Guadeloupe). — Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V, p. 169 

 (1880) (Santa Lucia).— Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 173 (1880); ib- 

 List Bds. W. I. p. 28 (18S5). 



Common in many portions of the West Indies. Ithasbeen re- 

 corded from the Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Porto Rico, Grenada, 

 Guadeloupe, Santa Lucia, St. Thomas, St. Bartholomew, Som- 

 brero, St. Croix, and Grand Cayman. 



