INTRODUCTION. 



The following is a catalogue of the Birds of the West 

 Indies, exclusive of those found on the Islands of Trini- 

 dad and Tobago, which have not been recorded as 

 occurring elsewhere in North America, north of Mexico. 



While I have been greatly aided in making this 

 catalogue by Mr. Charles B. Cory's excellent works upon 

 West Indian Birds, it will be seen that I have been able 

 to make a few changes in habitat of some of the species 

 through my own observations, and have also added some 

 new forms, all from the Bahamas. Descriptions of these, 

 as well as notes upon some of the changes in habitat, no- 

 menclature etc., may be found in No. 3, Vol. Ill, of my 

 Contributions to Science which was issued a short time 

 before the publication of this catalogue. 



C. J. M. 



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