iS9'J CoRV on Ih'rds of Cuba and Bahama hlands. 20^ 



Bkrry Islands. 



Procuring a schooner at Nassau, we sailed to the Berry Islands, 

 distant about fifty-eight miles to the northwest. Some of these 

 Ishuids are well wooded, in many places being covered with a 

 thick growth of good sized trees, composed principally of lignum 

 vitse ( Guaiacum sanctum L.) and what is known as the gumbo 

 (^Ohclinosch?is esculeritus)^ and 'mastic' trees {Bui-sei'a guvimi- 

 fera L.). We spent a week on the Berry Islands and then pro- 

 ceeded to Biminis, leaving one of our collectors — Mr. Cyrus S. 

 Winch — on the Islands to" continue the work there. We pro- 

 cured the f )llo\ving species, all of which were taken betweeh 

 April 3 and April 20. 



Sterna maxima (^BodtL). Callichelidon cyaneoviridis ^rjY?«/. 



Pelecanus fiiscus Linn. Ampelis cedrorum {Vtet'll.). 



Fregata aquila l^Lin?!.). Vireo crassirostris Bryant. 



Ardea herodias Linn. Coereba bahamensis (Ifeic//.). 



Ardea virescens Linn. Mniotilta varia {^Linn.). 



Ardea tricolor riificoUis {Gosse). Compsothljpis americana (Z,/;;//.). 



Njcticorax violaceus (^Linn.). Dendroica tigrina {GmeL). 



Ralliiscoryi Maynard.* Dendroica coronata {Linti.). 



Actitis macularia {Linii.). Dendroica dominica {Linn.). 

 Columbigailina passeiina {Linn.). Dendroica kirtlandi Baird.\ 



Columba leiiocephala Linn. Dendroica palmarum {Gniel.). 



Crotophaga ani Linn. Dendroica discolor ( Vicill.). 

 CoccjzLis minor ma\nardi Ridgvj. Geothlypis trichas {Linn.). 



Ceryle alcyon {Linn). Setophaga i-uticilla {Linn.). 



Doricha evelvnte {Bourc). Seiuriis aurocapilliis {Linn.). 



Mviarchus sagrse GnndL Seiurus noveboracensis {GmeL). 

 Agelaius phoeniceus bryanli /P/f/^-t'. Seiurus motacilla {Vieill.). ^ 



Loxigilla violacea {Linn.). Galeoscoptes carolinensis {Linn.). 



Euetheia bicolor {Linn.). Mimus polyglottos orpheus (/-.)• 



Passerina ciris(Z/«;/.)- Mimus gundlachi Cab. 

 Spindalis zena {Linn.). 



BiMiM Islands, Bahamas. 



The Bimini Islands are an isolated group about midway be- 

 tween Florida and Nassau, situated on the edge of the Gulf 



* Five specimens of this interesting bird were taken on the Berry Islands. They 

 were not uncommon, but were shy and difficult to find. They rarely attempt to fly, 

 but run swiftly, dodging in and out among the mangrove roots. 



t This species is not uncommon in the Bahamas. We procured three examples at 

 the Berry Islands, and my collector also obtained specimens at Abaco and the Caicos 

 Islands. 



