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tired but happy about 7 P. M. The 

 birds seen were as follows: 

 •^ Pigeon, Clumba inornata (Common), 

 Cuban Ground Dove (Abundant), Cu- 

 ban Pigmy Owl (1), Cuban Crane (6), 

 Cuban Pewee (Common), Cuban Spar- 

 row Hawk (Common), Cuban Mead- 

 owlark (Abundant), Cuban Kingbird 

 (Several), Cuban Crested Flycatcher 

 (Several), Southern Turkey Buzzard 

 <Abundant), "Chillina" Warbler, Ter- 

 estris firman dinae (Common), Isle of 

 Pines Lizard Cuckoo (Several), White- 

 crowned Pigeon (1), American Red- 

 start (1). 



A. C. READ, 

 McKinley, Tsle of Pines, Cuba. 



Migration Notes From 



The Isle of Pines. 



Apr. 14 — Black-throated Blue Warb- 

 le" (1) last seen. 



May 8 — Several Barn Swallows. 



Mar. 28— Cuban Martin (1), May 8, 

 common. " ^ 



May 8— Several Cuban Cliff Swal- 

 lows. 



May 18 — Last seen of the Solitary 

 Sandpiper (several). 



Mar. 29 — Several Gray Kingbirds. 



Apr. 2 — Black-whiskered Vireos 

 (several). 



Apr. 4 — Antillian Xighthawks (sev- 

 eral). 



Apr. 15 — Giant Kingbirds (several). 



Apr. 29— Red-eyed Vireo (1). 



May 9— About 5 P. M., a flock of 

 about 20 female Bobolinks lit in a Man- 

 gua Grove. None were seen the next 

 day. 



July 17 — Least Bittern (1). 



Aug. 20 — Solitary Sandpiper (1). 



Aug. 31 — Spotted Sandpiper (2). 



Se])t. 4 — Semipalmated Sandpiper 

 (several). 



Sept. 7 — Greater Yellow-legs (sev- 

 eral). 



Sept. 24 — Bobolink (several). 



Sept. 25— Parula Warbler (1). 



Sept. 26— Belted Kingfisher (1). 



Sept. 30 — Louisiana Water-thrush 

 (several). 



Oct. 1— Florida Yellow-throat (sev- 

 eral). 



Oct. 2— Palm Warbler (2), Barn 

 Swallow (several). 



Oct. 8— Black-throated Blue Warbler 

 (1), Water Thrush (several). 



Oct. 10— Yellow-throated Warbler 

 (4 or 5). 



Oct. 11 — American Redstart (2). 



Oct. 18— Olive-backed Thrush (1). 



Oct. 20— Olive-backed Thrush (1), 

 Tennesee Warbler (1), Black & White 

 Warbler (1), Indigo Bunting (several). 



Oct. 27— Catbird (1). 



Nov 5 — Virginia Rail (1), Nov 11— 

 (1). 



Nov 7— Prairie Warbler (1). 



Nov 26— Marsh Hawk (1). 



The Flycatcher.5 of the Isle of Pines. 



The Cuban Kingbird, (Tolmarchus \^ 

 caudifasceatus) 1. 8.2 in., w. 4.1 in., b. 

 1.25 in., tar. 1 in., t. 3.5 in. Very sim- 

 ilar to our Kingbird of the North, but 

 shows some white at base of tail es- 

 pecially in flight. Its notes and habits 

 are almost the same as Tyrannus 

 tyrannus and to the casual observer 

 there is no difference. This bird is 

 common over the whole island the 

 year around, but prefers the open 

 woods and clearings to the jungles. 

 It nests about the middle of April. 



The Gray Kingbird (Tyrannus do- !^ 

 minicensis a summer resident, is uni- 

 form gray above with large black 

 bill, which at a distance always re- 

 minds me of a Northern Shrike. It 

 is larger than the preceding species 

 but smaller than the next. The tail 

 is slightly emarginate and lacks the 

 light tip. This Flycatcher is partial 

 to the clearings and especially the 

 orange groves where it does an in- 



