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GindlaCii on aome, Cuban Buds. | April 



yjJ^tiiscalus ginidiac/ii CA<is>., entirely white. 



' Myiarchus sagrcr Giindl., with pale gray, not brown, upper parts. 



J Crotofhasra ani Linn., one specimen uniform pale reddish brown; 



another specimen with great white spots; another with a 



great many white feathers intermixed on the throat and neck ; 



another with grayish black on the upper parts. 

 "* Siuirothera iiicrlini D'Orb., one specimen entirely white and another 



with intermi.ved white and yellowish spots. 

 ^ Centiirns sitperciliaris Temm., white, preserving the red parts; another 



like specimen is figured in La Sagra's Historia fisica, polit- 



ica y natural de la Isla de Cuba. 

 ^ Catliartcs aura Linn., entirely white, and another specimen with wlu7e 



spots intermixed. 

 '' J'ti/ai^icc/ias corcnais Gmel., entirely white, anti another sjiecimen of pale 



gray color . 

 ^^ Zinaiilnra macroura {rarolinensis Linn.) with uniform rcticiish brown 



color. 

 "•^ Columbigallina passerina Linn., also uniform reddish brown. 

 / S/arncenas cyanocefhahi Linn., with white spots. 

 4 Ortyx ciibanensis Gould, entirely white. 

 '' y^gialitis semipalmata Bon., with the head, neck, and brcasl while, with 



only some feathers of normal color. 

 Tringa minntilla Vicill... with some white on the u]ipcr parts. 

 ^ Nycticorax violaceus Linn., entirely white. 

 / Spafitla clypeata Linn., $ , very pale colored. 



/All Antrostotnus carolinensis Linn., 9- 'i''*' *'i<^ stoiiKicli 

 filled with feathers and little pieces of bones (probably of a War- 

 bler), and one of the tail-feathers was colored like those of the 

 male (the inner web white above). 



In none of the American authors do I find a satisfactory 

 description of Pclccaniis fusciis, respecting the color of the head 

 and neck of the dillerent ages. The color of both sexes of the 

 same age is the same. The young bird has the head and neck 

 simply ilark brown with a grayish tint ; afterwards the head is 

 white and this color extends down the neck as a bordering of the 

 pouch, and somewhat beyond, and there is a white spot on the 

 region of the furcula ; the rest of the neck is dark chestnut ; the 

 extreme part of the neck between the shoulders has no white. 

 The neck has a more downy and softer plumage than in the 

 \()ung ones. Afterwards the head becomes yellow, the white 

 color \\ hich bordered the pouch extends over the whole fore part 

 of tlie neck ; the posterior part is dark chestnut, and the extreme 

 part between the shoulders is white. The occiput has elongated 

 white feathers. The very old bird has the head yellow, all the 



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