2 BtSDS OF JAMAtdA. 



PbOCELIiABIIDAB. 



Fulmars; Shearwaters; Petrels. 



Plerodroma jamakensis. (Bancroft). Blue Mountain Duck. 



This Petrel, supposed to have been peeuUar to Jamaica, formerly bred in the moun- 

 tains in numbers. It is now generally admitted to be extinct, having been exterminated 

 by the introduced Mongoose. 



[Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl). Wilson's Petrel. 



While Wilson's Petrel may occur — j.robably does occur — in the waters near Jamaica, 

 there seem to be no definite records, other than that by Hill of a bird supposedly of this 

 species taken in the autumn of 1846.] 



Phaethontidae. 



Tropic-birds. 

 LeptophaMon leptwus catesbyi (Brandt) Yellow-Billed Tropic-bird. 



A resident species; breeds in the cliffs of the north coast, where Scott found it in num- 

 bers in 1890. 

 Phaethon aethereus Linne. Red-billed Tropic-bird. 



[This species might be expected at any time to occur in the waters about Jamaica, but 

 the existing records are most imsatisfactory.] 



Sni-IDAE. 



, Gannets: Boobys. 

 Sula leucogaster leucogaster (Boddaert). Booby; Brown Booby. 



Not uncommon off the costs of the island. It is said to breed at Pedro Cays. 

 Sula sula sula (Linne). Red-footed Booby; Black and White Booby. 



Occasionally met with off shore; said also to breed at Pedro Cays. 

 [Sula dactylatra dactylatra (Lesson). Blue-faced Booby. 



This species probably occurs at times in the vicinity of Jamaica, although there are 

 no very definite records.] 



Pelecanidae. 



Pelicans. 

 Pelecanus occidentalis occidentalis (Linne). Brown Pelican. 



An abundant resident, found along the coasts and in the harbours. Taylor found it 

 breeding in the mangroves at Drunkenman Cay near Port Royal. 



Feegamdae. 



Man-o-war Birds. 

 Fregata minor rothschildi Mathews. Man-o-war Bird. 



Common alon^ the southern coasts of Jamaica, it perhafs breeds on the Pedro Cays. 

 The north coast oi the island seems to be much less frequented by sea birds, with the ex- 

 ception of the yellow-billed Tropic-bird, than is the south shore. 



Abdeidae. 



Herons: Bitterns. 

 [Botaurus lentiginosus (Montagu). American Bittern. 



Perhaps a rare or accidental winter visitor. The records of its occurrence in Jamaica 

 are, however, unsatisfactory.] 

 Ixobrychus exilis exilis (Omelin). Least Bittern. 



A common resident species, found chiefly in the mangroves. It is possible that in 

 winter migrants irom^orth America also occur in the island. 



Ardeaherodiasrepens Bangs & Zappey. (White phase.) West Indian Great Blue Heron. 

 Ardea herodias adoxa Oberholser. (Blue phase.) 



The West Indian Great Blue Heron is resident in Jamaica and undoubtedly breeds, 

 though nowhere common. Individuals in the blue phase of plumage are rather more fre- 

 quent than those in the white. It is not at all unusual to see tw o birds together, apparently 

 a pair, one of which is blue and one white. We believe that there is no place in the West 

 Indies where this species is found in which one phase of plumage occurs to the exclusion of 

 the other. 



