No. 460.] BIRDS OF THE ISLE OF PINES. 181 
(Numerous references to the birds of the Isle of Pines, probably from 
MSS. furnished the author by Gundlach. The Isle of Pines appears in 
the distribution of the various species, usually as Greater Antilles, No. 2.) 
Juan Gundlach, Ornithologia Cubana, 1895. 
(The last work of this distinguished Cuban ornithologist, containing 
many references to the birds of the Isle of Pines.) 
Robert Ridgway, The Birds of North and Middle America. 
Bulletin of the United States National Museum, No. 50. Part 
I, 1901 ; Part II, 1902; Part III, 1904. 
(Each species known to the author to occur on the Isle of Pines, is 
recorded from there, and in one or two instances measurements are given 
for comparison and critical remarks made, as for example in the case of 
the Spindalis.) 




Fic. 2.— Isle of Pines, as seen from the northeast. The rocky islet in the foreground was the 
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PHYSICAL ASPECT OF THE ISLE OF PINES AND CLIMATE. 
The Isle of Pines lies about 60 miles south of Cuba, and 
Can be reached by rail from Havana to Batabano and thence by 
sailing vessel or steamer to the island. 
The Isle of Pines is about 30 by 40 miles in extent, contain- 
ing some 1240 square miles, or a trifle less than the State of 
Rhode Island. It is divided into two parts, the northern one 
