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(Dominican Republic).— TipPENHAUEas, Die lusel Haiti, 1892, 323.— Vebbux 

 (A. E. and A. H.), Proc. Acad. Nat Scl. Philadelphia, 1x1, 1909, 356 (Santo 

 Domingo). 



(?) [Pulica] americcna Cosy, List Birds West Indies, 1885, 30, part (Antilles).— 

 Shakpb, Hand-list, 1, 1899, 110, part (Antilles).— Bkaboubnb and Chubb, 

 Birds South An*rica, i, 1912, 26 (Trinidad). 



(7) Fulica americana americaria Wetmoke, U. S. Dept. Agr. Bull. 326, 1916, 34 

 (Puerto Eico, resident; food, etc.). 



Fulica almericana] americana Beebe, New York Zool. Soc. Bull., xxx, 1927, 

 139; Beneath Tropic Seas, 1928, 219 (Etang Miragoane, Hispaniola). 



(?) Pulica atra (not of Linnaeus) D'Oebiqny, in La Sagra, Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois., 

 1839, 271 (Spanish ed., p. 186). 



Fulica mexicana Dbscouetilz, Voy. Nat., ii, 1809, 66 (Pont de I'EstSre, Haiti). — 

 Bitter, Naturh. Eeise westind. Insel Hayti, 1836, 157 (Haiti). 



Fulica caribwa Eidgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vll, 1884, 358 (Guadeloupe and 

 St John, Lesser Antilles; coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.).— Goby, Auk, v, 1888, 58 

 (Guadeloupe; St. John; descr.) ; viii, 1891, 46 (AuguiUa Antigua); Birds 

 West Indies, 1889, 259 (Guadeloupe; St. John) ; Cat. West Indian Birds, 1892, 

 9, 91 (Puerto Eico; St. John; Antigua; Guadeloupe). — Shaepe, Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus., sxiii, 1894, 224.— Rnjir, Smiths. Misc. CoU., xlvii, 1904, 279 (Bar- 

 buda; Antigua; measurements). — ? Clabk (A, H.), Proc. Boston Soc. Nat 

 Hist., xxxii, 1905, 247 (Mustique, Mayreau, Union Island, Canouan, Car- 

 riacou. Isle Eonde, and Grenada). — Wbitmore, Auk, xxxiv, 1917, 57 (Cule- 

 bra; breeding?). — Belcheb and Smooker. Ibis, 1935, 285 (Trinidad; breeds). 



F[ulica'\ cariima Eidgway, Man. North Amer. Birds, 1887, 142. 



[FuUca'i cariiwa Cory, List Birds West Indies, rev. ed., 1886, 30 ("Antilles"). — 

 Sharpe, Hand-list, 1, 1899, 110. 



Fulica caribaea Cooke, U. S. Dept. Agr. Bull. 128, 1914, 47 (range). — Pettees, 

 Bull. SIus. Comp. Zool., Ixi, 1917, 403 (EI Batey, Hispaniola).— Bangs 

 and Kbnnabd, List Birds Jamaica, 1920, 6 (resident; much less abundant 

 than formerly). — Osgood and Conover, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ. 210, 

 1922, 41 (Lagimllla, Venezuela; crit.). — Peters, Auk, xliv, 1927, 534 (An- 

 guilla. West Indies). — Wetmoee, New York Acad. Sci., Sci. Surv. Porto 

 Eico, etc., ix, pt. 3, 1927, 346 (genl. ; Puerto Rico — Guanica, Cartagena, 

 Anegado, Guayabal, Camuy, Eio Areclbo ; St. Croix ; Culebra Island ; St. 

 John; syn. ; meas. ; crlt) ; Auk, xlv, 1928, 370 (Carriacou, West Indies). — 

 Danforth, Auk, xlvl, 1929, 363 (Laguna del SalodiUo, Halna, Etang 

 Miragoane, Artibonite, Gonai'ves, Hispaniola). — Moltoni, Att. Soc. Scienz. 

 Nat., Ixvlii, 1929, 312 (Guerra, Hispaniola). — Bond, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Philadelphia, Ixxx, 1929, 495 (distr. in Haiti; habits); Auk, xlvii, 1930, 

 270 (St. Croix, Virgin Islands). — Wbtmore and Swales, U. S. Nat. Mus. 

 Bull. 155, 1931, 139 (habits and distr. in Hispaniola— El Batey, Rio Yasica, 

 near Monte Cristi, Laguna Cabral near Eincon, Laguna del Salodillo, 

 Halna, Port-de-Paix, Trou Caiman, Trou des Eoseaux, near Gantier, Pont 

 de I'Est^re, fitang Bliragoane, lower Artibonite Elver, near Gonaives).^ 

 Danforth, Journ. Dept Agr. Puerto Eico, xt, 1931, 22, 51 (Cartagena, 

 Anegado, and Guanica Lagoons, Guayabal Eeservoir and Cosmo Springs 

 Eeservoir, Puerto Rico) ; Auk, li, 1934, 358 (many seen Deed Sands Bay 

 and Gunthorpe's, Antigua) ; Journ. Dept. Agr. Univ. Puerto Rico, xix, 1935, 

 441, 448 (St Croix; specimen; meas.; Jost van Dyke, 1 seen) ; 467 (Culebra, 

 St. John, Jost van Dyke, Beef Island, St. Croix) ; 477 (migrants, Barbuda) ; 

 xxi, 1937, 543 (Playe Grande, Vieques Island) ; xxili, 1938, 23 (Guadeloupe) ; 

 xxiii, 1939, 54 (9 spec, from Montserrat.). — Petekb, Check-List Birds of 



