1^8 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. [January 



Fulica caribsea Ridgw. 



Fidica caribcea RiDGW. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VII, p. 35S (1884). — Cory. 

 ListBds. W. I. p. 30 (1885). 



"Sr. Char. — Similar to F. americana, but differing in the slenderer bill 

 and in the form and color of the frontal shield. Frontal shield oval 

 or elliptical, much wrinkled, .70-.90 inch long, and -SS'-SO wide, 

 in the breeding season ; its color, pale brownish (whitish in life.') 

 instead of chestnut or liver brown, as in F. americana." (Ridgw. 

 1. c. orig. descr.). 

 Habitat. Guadeloupe and St. John. 



Family ANATID^. 



Genus Anser Briss. 

 Anser Brisson, Orn. 1760. 



Anser albifrons gambeli. ^ 



Anser albifrons Lemb. Aves Cuba, p. 112 (1850). — Cory, List Bds. W. I. 



p. 30 (1885). 

 Anser £-ambeli Harti.. Rev. Mag. Zool. 1852. p. 7. — Cab. J. f. O. 1857, p. 



226 (Cuba).— Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 308 (i860) 



(Cuba). 

 Anser gambclii Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I. p. 3S7 (1S66) ; ib. 



J. f. O. 1875, p. 375 (Cuba).— Cory, List Bds. W. I. p. 30 (18S5). 



Accidental in Cuba in winter. 



Genus Chen Boie. 

 Chen Boie, Isis, 1822, p. 563. 



Chen hyperborea (Pall.).i^ 



Anser hyperboreus Pall. Spic. Zool. VI, pp. 80, 25 (1769).— Lemb. Aves 

 Cuba, p. Ill (1850). — Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, VII, p. 

 308 (1S60) (Cuba).— March, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1864, p. 70 

 (Jamaica). — Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 182 (1880). 



Chen hyperboreus Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 408 (1847).— Albrecht, J. f. O. 

 1862, p. 207 (Jamaica). — Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba. I, p. 

 387 (1866); ib. J. f. O. 1S75, p. 371 (Cuba); ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. 

 Hist. Nat. VII, p. 399 (1S7S) (Porto Rico). — A. & E. Newton, 

 Handb. Jamaica, p. 112 (i88t).— Cory, List Bds. W. L p. 30 (1885). 



Accidental in Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica and Porto Rico. 



