584 Mr. M. J. Nicoll on Birds 



Crotophaga ani Linn. 



Crotophaga ani Cory, B. W. I. p. 156. 



The Black Ani is a common bird on Grand Cayman, and 

 is usually seen in flocks of about a dozen individuals. 



CoCCYZUS MAYNARDI RidgW. 



Coccygus maynardi Cory, B. W. I. p. 29G. 

 Only one example of this species was met with. 1 shot 

 it in a plantation of guavas. 



CoLAPTES GUNDLACHI Cory. 



Coluptes gundlachi Cory, Auk, iii. p. 498 ; id. B. W. I. 

 p. 175. 



I did not meet with this bird on Grand Cayman, but 

 Dr. P. Lowe, of the S.Y. ' Emerald/ gave me two skins. 

 I have compared several specimens of this species, which 

 were collected by Drs. Sharpe and Lowe, with examples of 

 Colaptes chrysocaulosus from Cuba, and have come to the 

 conclusion that the characters by which Mr. Cory separated 

 the Cayman bird as a distinct species are constant. 



Melanerpes caymanensis (Cory). 



Centurus caymanensis Cory, Auk, iii. p. 499 ; id. B. W. I. 

 p. 295. 



This Woodpecker is fairly numerous and exceedingly 

 tame, so much so that on several occasions I almost touched 

 one with my hand. 



I have never met with birds so fearless of man as the 

 majority of the Cayman species. 



All my specimens are yellowish brown on the breast and 

 abdomen, and barred above with brownish white and black, 

 as are also the others that I have examined. They are not 

 brownish white on the breast and belly and banded with dull 

 white and black above, as stated by Cory. Two of them 

 are adult. 



Chrysotis caymanensis Cory. 



Chrysotis caymanensis Cory, Auk, iii. p. 497; id. B. W. I. 

 p. 297. 



During our visit to Grand Cayman this Parrot was 

 breeding, at which time it is only to be found in the tall 



