18G1.] DR. p. L. SCLATER ON BIRDS FROM JAMAICA. B% 



not mentioned by Gosse. In the larger tlie tarsus measures 6*4 

 inches, in the smaller (marked female) 5*5 inches. The bill is yellow, 

 with a blackish tip to the upper mandible. Mr. Osburn has marked 

 his specimens " Egretta leucel," and has given some interesting 

 notes on its habits under this name in ' The Zoologist' (p. 6932). 



75. Garzetta candidissima, Bp. : Baird, p. 665; Gosse, 

 p. 33G ; Osburn in Zoologist, p. 6932. 



One ex., obtained in Aguatta Vale, Metcalf, Oct. 1859. "Bill 

 black, all but the base, which, like the skin of the front, is bright 

 yellow ; tarsi black in front, behind of the same colour as the toes— 

 a greenish yellow." — Osburn, I. c. 



76. Florida c^RULEA (Linn.): Baird, p. 671. — Egretta ccerulea 

 et E. nivea, Gosse, pp. 334 et 337 ; Osburn in Zoologist, pp. 6932, 

 6933. 



Two ex. in adult blue dress, and three in the white dress of im- 

 maturity (Egretta nivea, Gosse). 



77. Ardea herodias, Linn. : Gosse, p. 346. 



78. Ardetta exilis (Gm.) : Gosse, p. 343. 



79. Nycticorax violaceus (Linn.). 

 One ex. of this Night-heron. 



80. Aramus giganteus (Bp.) : Baird, B. N. Am. p. 657. — No- 

 therodius holostictus, Cab. Journ. f. Orn. 1856, p. 426. — Aramus 

 8coloj>aceus, Gosse, p. 355. 



One female example agreeing with the Northern form, and distinct 

 from the Southern A. scolopaceus. 



81. Rallus crepitans (Gm.) : Baird, p. 747. — Rallus longi- 

 rostris, Gosse, p. 364. 



82. Porzana CAROLINA (Linn.): Gosse, p. 371. 

 One ex. 



83. Porzana jamaicensis (Gm.) : Gosse, p. 375. 

 Several ex. 



84. Crex minuta (Lath.) : Gosse, p. 3/2. 

 One ex., from " Rosslin Castle." 



85. FuLiCA AMERICANA, Gm. : Gosse, p. 384. 



86. Gallinula galeata (Licht.) : Gosse, p. 381. 



87. PoRPHYRio MARTiNicus (Liuu.) : Gosse, p. 377. 

 Proc. Zool. Soc— 1861, No. VI. 



