THE OOLOGIST 



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Birds Seen on one Ten Acre Tract in 

 West McKinley, Isle of Pines Cuba. 

 This tract (39fi) West McKinley is 

 situated on the beautiful Muevas 

 River. It is irregular in shape, being 

 triangular, instead of rectangular; 

 the long side being the river. The 

 river is lined with a thick, tropical 

 jungle while back from it on the East 

 end is a clearing with pineapples, 

 bananas and the house. Through the 

 Western part flows an arroyo (small 

 stream); also bordered with palms, 

 both "royal" and "coco" and a thick 

 jungle of hard wood and vines. The 

 extreme western end runs up to a 

 gravel knoll with open pine woods and 

 palmettos. 



Because cf the variety of growth 

 the bird life is very abundant, and 

 baving lived here for two and one half 

 years, I have had excellent chances 

 to work this locality. In this list 

 which begins in 1908, I give only the 

 first date of observation, and whether 

 they are common, abundant or rare. 

 1908. 



Dec. 1. Cuban Kingbird (common) 

 2. Ani (Black Parrot) (Abun- 

 dant at times, common at 

 others) 



Cuban Sparrow hawk (com- 

 mon) 



W. I. Mourning Dove (com- 

 mon) 



Cuban Bob-white (rare) 

 Cuban Parrot (common) 

 Cuban Ground Dove (abun- 

 dant) 



Cuban Crackle (Abundant) 

 Fla. Yellow-throat (common 

 in winter) 



Cuban Red-bellied Wood- 

 pecker (common) 

 Blackburnian Warbler (rare) 

 Rusty Blackbird (?) (rare) 

 Magnolia Warbler (rare) 

 Louisiana Water-thrush 



(common) 



Water-thrush (common) 

 Cuban Crane (rare, only 

 seen flying overhead) 

 Catbird (common) 

 Southern Green Heron (com- 

 mon) 



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 18. 



19. Red-legged Thrush (abun- 

 dant) 



20. Black & White Warbler 

 (rare) 



21. Cuban Pewee (common) 



22. Prairie Warbler (rare) 



23. Southern Turkey Buzzard 

 (abundant) 



24. Zenaida Dove (rare) 



25. Limpkin (common) 



Jan. 26. Olive-backed Thrush (rare) 



27. Gray Kingbird (rare) 



28. Belted Kingfisher (common) 



29. Least Bittern (rare) 



30. Phoebe (?) (rare) 



31. Parula Warbler (common in 

 winter) 



32. Palm Warbler (common in 

 winter) 



33. Prothonotary Warbler (rare) 



34. Blackthroated Blue Warbler 

 (common in 1910 but rare in 

 1911) 



Feb. 35. Ovenbird (rare) 



36. Anhigna (common) 



37. American Redstart (com- 

 mon) 



38. Bachman Warbler (rare) 



39. Cerulean Warbler (rare) 



40. White-crowned Pigeon (com- 

 mon) 



Mar. 41. Little Blue Heron (common) 



42. Snowy Heron (rare) 

 Apr. 43. Antillian Nighthawk (abun- 

 dant in summer) 



44. Black whiskered Vireo 

 (abundant in summer) 



45. Red-eyed Vireo (rare) 



46. Inrligo Bunting (rare) 



47. Ruddy Quail Dove (rare) 



48. Quail Dove (rare) 



49. Black-throated Hummer (?) 

 (rare) 



50. Cuban Meadowlark (rare) 

 May 51. Ward's Heron (rare) 



52. Louisiana Heron (rare) 



53. Pied-billed Grebe (rare) 



54. Cuban Oriole (abundant) 



55. Yellow-throated Vireo (rare) 

 .July 56. Whiivpoor-will (rare) 



(cuban) 



57. Palm Swift (common in 

 summer) 



58. "Chillina" Warbler (abun- 

 dant) 



59. Ricord's Hummer (common) 



60. Yellow-faced Grassquit 

 (abundant) 



61. Cuban Pigmy Owl (com- 

 mon) 



