184 THE AMERICAN NATURALIST. | [Vor. XXXIX. 
Some species that were seen and not taken by either Zappey 
or Palmer and Riley, but were probably correctly identified, we 
give with a question mark. It would be a pity to leave these 
out of a list of the birds of the island and yet there must ever 
be a doubt about such records, and this seems to usthe best way 
to treat such cases. A few species, also included in the follow-- 
ing list, rest solely on Poey's authority (based on a list furnished 
him by Gundlach). 
Following is a list of the birds! of the Isle of Pines, with 


FıG. 4.— Country back of the town of Nueva Gerona. Casas Mountains in the distance. 
notes on their habits, distribution, etc., and with critical remarks, 
and descriptions of a few new forms, drawn from the various 
sources enumerated above. 
1. Podilymbus podiceps (Linn.).— An adult female and 
three downy young were found by Palmer and Riley in a small 
lake near Nueva Gerona. One of the young was taken but the 
old bird was very wary and could not be secured. 
l The systematic sequence of this list is about the same as that followed by 
Ridgway in the Birds of North and Middle America, now appearing in parts, 
based principally upon Hans Gadow's A Classification of Vertebrata, pu and 
Extinct, 1898, only turned about so as to bring the “lower” (less specialized) 
orders first. Colors are according to Ridgway's Momenclature, and measurements 
are in millimeters. 
