148 Mr. P. R. Lowe on the 



17. BuTORiDES viRESCENs. (Little Greeu Bittern.) 

 Ardea virescens Linn.; Cory, Auk, lii. p, 502 (1886: 



Grand Cayman); id. Auk, vi. p. 32 (1889: Cayman Brae). 



Butorides virescens Nicoll, Ibis, 1904. p. 58.5 (Grand 

 Cayman) ; Sliarpe, Hand-1. B. i. p. 200 (1899). 



Hab. North and Central America, West Indiub : comraon 

 in the Caymans, resident. 



18. BoTAURUs LENTiGiNosus. (American Bittern.) 

 Botaurus leniiginosus Sharpe, Hand-1, B. i. p. 204 (1899). 

 One ad. ? . 28. i. 04. Grand Cayman (coll. P. R. Lowe). 

 Hab. North and Central America : winter visitor to the 



West Indies. 



This was the only individual that I saw in the Caymans. 



19. SuLA piscATRix. (Rcd-footed Booby.) 



Sula cyanops (Sundcv.) ; Cory, Auk, vi, p. 31 (Little 

 Cayman, Cayman Brae). 



Sula coryi Maynard, Contrib. to Science, no. 1, vol. i. 

 p. 40 (1889 : Little Cayman). 



Sulapiscator^'\Qo\\, Ibis, 1904, p. 588 (Little Cayman). 



Sula piscatrix Sharpe, Hand-1. B. i. p. 237 (1899). 



Hab. Widely distributed in the tropical seas ; I have 

 several examples in my collection from Little Cayman, where 

 there is a large " rookery." 



20. Fregata aquila. (Greater Frigate-Bird.) 



Fregata aquila Nicoll, Ibis, 1904, p. 589 (Little Cayman); 

 Sharpe, Hand-1. B. i. p. 237 (1899). 



Hab. Widely distributed in the tropical seas ; I have taken 

 specimens of the young in Little ( Jayman, -where the bird 

 breeds. 



^ 21. Falco columbarius. (American Merlin.) 



Falco columbarius Sharpe, Hand-1. B, i. p. 275 (1899). 



One ad. ^ . 27. ii. 05. Little Cayman (coll. P. R. Lowe). 



One ad. S ■ 26. i. 04. Grand Cayman (coll. P. R. Lowe). 



Hab. North America and the Antilles ; I shot the two 

 above-mentioned examples in the (Jayraans myself. No 

 other records. 



