THE OOLOGIST 



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Cuban Pewee, Cuban Crested Fly- 

 catcher, Cuban Crackle, Cuban Oriole, 

 Cuban Meadowlark, Riccord's Hum- 

 mer, Antillean Nlghthawk, Cuban Mar- 

 tin, Yellow-faced Grassquit, Isle »of 

 Pines Tanager, "Chillina" Warbler, 

 Black-whiskered Vireo, Gundlach's Vi- 

 reo, Red-legged Thrush. 



A. C. READ. 



New Bird Reserve. 



A card from our well known con- 

 tributor, Oscar E. Baynard of Florida 

 advises us as follows: 



"I have just purchased 'Bird Is- 

 land' in Orange Lake for the National 

 Association of Audubon Societies. 

 This island of eighty-six acres and the 

 breeding places of about five thou- 

 sand pairs of water birds is now added 

 to the list of protected colonies. I am 

 to be warden of it and will send you 

 a more detailed account later with 

 photos of the island and census 

 taken this year." 



We are very glad to hear of this 

 move on the part of the Audubon 

 Societies and have no doubt their 

 selection of a warden will add much 

 to the efficiency of the move. Like our 

 readers, we will await with interest 

 Mr. Baynard's full account of this well 

 known breeding place. 



List of Birds Observed by A. C. Read 

 On The Isle of Pines, Cuba, From De- 



cember 1908, to December 1909. 



^1 



Grebe, Podilymbus 



Pied-billed 



podiceps. 

 Anhigna, Anhigna anhigna. 

 Florida Cormorant, Phalacrocor- 



ax dilophus floridanus. 

 1^4 West Indian Tree Duck, Dendro- 



cygna arborea. 

 Snowy Heron, Herodias candid- 



issima. 

 6 Least Bittern, Ixbrychus exilis. 



y 2 



v^ 5 



7 Cuban White Heron, Ardea re- 

 pens. 

 •^ 8 Little Blue Heron, Florida cae- 

 rulea caerulescens. 



■ 9 Ward's (?) Heron, Ardea hero- 

 dias (wardi?) 



f 10 Louisiana Heron, Hydranas^a 

 tricolor ruficollis. 



/ 11 Southern Green Heron, Butorides 

 virescens maculata. 



^ 12 American Egret, Herodias egret- 

 ta. 



•-13 Cuban Crane, Grus nesiotes. 



*-' 14 Simpkin, Aramus gigantus. 



X. 15 Wilson's Snipe, Gallinago delica- 

 ta. 



^16 Solitary Sandpiper, Helodromas 



solitarius. 

 ' 17 Greater Yellow-legs, Tetanus 

 melanoleucus. 



'18 West Indian Killdeer, Oxyechus 

 vociferus rubidus. 



' 19 West Indian Mourning Dove, Zen- 

 aida carolinensis marginata. 



" 20 Cuban Ground Dove, Columbigal- 

 lina passerina aflavida. 



■^21 Zenaida Dove, Zenaida zenaida. 



ix 22 White-crowned Pigeon, Columba 

 leucocephala. 



■^23 Ruddy Quail Dove, Geotrygon 

 montana. 

 24 Quail Dove, Geotrygon chrysia. 



" 25 Blue-headed Quail Dove, Starnoc- 

 nas Cyanocephala. 



•^26 Pigeon, Columba inornata. 



¥^27 Southern Turkey Buzzard, Cath- 

 artis aura. 



'^'28 Black Buzzard, Catharista uruba 

 (?) — possibly an immature Tur- 

 key Buzzard. 



'^29 Marsh Hawk, Circus hudsonius. 



v^O Cuban Sparrow Hawk, Cuckusis 

 sparveria dominicensis. 

 31 Caracara, Polyborus cheriway. 

 '32 Cuban Pigmy Owl, Glauciduni 



si.1u. 

 ''33 Cuban Parrot, Amazona leucoce- 

 phala. 



y. 



