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•^88 Olive-backed Thrush, Hylocichla 



ustulata swainsonii. 

 »^89 Red-legged Thrush, Mtmocichla 



rubipes. 

 '90 Cuban Bob-white, Colinus cuban- 



insis. 



91 Grackle (?) 



92 Phoebe (?) 



^93 Cuban Tody, Todus multicolor. 

 •^94 Isle of Pines Trogon, Priotelus 



timnurus vescus. 

 •^95 Tenessee Warbler, Helminthophi- 



la peregrina. 



96 Spotted Sandpiper, Actitis mac- 



ularia. 



97 Sparrow, Ammodramus savan- 



narum. 



98 Cuban Owl, Gymnasio lawrencia. 

 >^99 Least Grebe, Colymbus domini- 



cus. 

 100 Guinea Fowl (Domesticated birds 

 turned wild.) 



Birds observed during 1910 which I 

 had not seen during 1908 or 1909. 



Cuban Barn Owl, Worm-eating War- 

 bler, Bundlach's Vireo, Melodious 

 Grassquit, W. I. Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 

 Bobolink, White Ibis, Brown Pelican, 

 Pigeon, '^ulumba squamosa, Frigate 

 Bird, Cuban Green Heron, Semipal- 

 mated Sandpiper, Yellow-crowned 

 Night Heron, Virginia Rail. 



McKinley, Isle of Pines, Cuba. 

 Mr. R. M. Barnes, 



Lacon, 111., U. S. A. 

 Dear Sir: — 



Enclosed find a list of Isle of Pines 

 Birds which is more complete than 

 the former lists which I have sent 

 you. If you cannot use it, kindly re- 

 turn as it is the only copy I have. It 

 differs from Zappey & Bangs' list in 

 many respects but it must be borne 

 in mind that mine is founded on ob- 

 servations of about eighteen months 

 and of a part of the island scarcely 

 (if at all) touched by former obser- 



vers. I enclose a map also, for I 

 thought it would prove of personal in- 

 terest to you. I have marked with 

 an X the location of my observations, 

 most of which have been made within 

 a radius of a mile. I am sorry to say 

 that I have been unable to make any 

 trip to either the north or south coast 

 or to the big swamp which is situated 

 in the south and thus a good many 

 species are omitted. In fact most of 

 my records are made right on our own 

 tract (10 acres) which is situated in 

 West McKinley, on the Nuevas River. 

 It is located ideally for birds, having a 

 thick jungle along the river and ar- 

 rayo, an open pine woods extends from 

 the western end and the balance is an 

 old clearing with some second growth 

 on it. 



From this brief description you may 

 see that I am ' living close to nature" 

 and have quite a good opportunity for 

 seeing a variety of bird life. Last 

 week I secured a specimen of Least 

 Crebe, an entirely new record for the 

 Isle. I had seen it on several occa- 

 sions before but had not taken it. 

 There is still a pair of them on the 

 river back of the house which I see 

 almost every day. 



You must pardon me for all this 

 because when I get started I never 

 know when to stop. 



Yours truly, 



A. C. READ. 



Illinois River Fish. 



Fish are next to birds in the Zoo- 

 logical classification — While not strict- 

 ly a bird note we thought the following 

 item might be of interest to our read- 

 ers — disclosing as it does the scale 

 upon which fishing is carried on here. 

 Since this item was printed many 

 other large catches have been made 

 near Lacon — some of them running 

 up to 100,000 pounds. The Illinois 



