No. 460.] BIRDS OF THE ISLE OF PINES. 201 
65. Amazona leucocephala (Linn.). ‘ Cororra.’’— The 
parrot is still common in the central part of the island, but is 
rare south of the Cienaga — a few pairs only being seen in some 
royal palms at Pasadita. 
In May, the parrots were breeding. The nests usually con- 
tained young though several were examined in which there were 
eggs, four in number, of a whitish color. The nesting site is 
invariably an old woodpecker's hole in the trunk of a species of 
palm that has a large swelling about midway up. The parrot 
feeds largely in the pines, eating the ends of the new shoots 
that are soft and green. 
Hundreds of young birds are taken annually by the natives 
and sent alive to the United States. The exporting of live par- 
rots being the chief industry of the island, nearly every nest on 
the island is found and robbed every year, and although the 
natives do not kill the old birds and dislike very much to have 
them shot, nevertheless the parrot is steadily decreasing in num- 
bers year by year, and must inevitably go the way of the macaw 
and the paraquet unless some steps are taken to protect it. 
One adult male was taken at Hospital, May 12. This does 
not appear to differ in any way from Cuban examples. 
66. Todus multicolor Gould. ‘ PODoRERA.” — Along the 
river courses and dry gulches, where there is a thick growth of 
brush, the little Tody is frequently met with sitting upright on - 
a branch from which it occasionally darts to catch some insect on 
the wing, its wings as it does so making a loud whirring sound. 
Its call note is a curious sound much like that produced by 
hitting two small stones together. 
Eleven specimens, adults of both sexes, were taken at Santa 
Fé and Callebonita in April and May, and are quite the same as 
Cuban examples. 
67. Ceryle alcyon (Linn..  *MaARTIN ZAMBULLIDOR." — 
The Belted Kingfisher is a regular winter visitor to the Isle of 
Pines. In March, 1902, it was not uncommon, but on the last 
trip none were seen, all having probably left for the north. 
68. Nyctalops stygius siguapa (d'Orb.)! “ SIGUAPA." — 
1 Otus siguapa d'Orb., in Ramon de la Sagra's Histoire de l'Isle de Cuba, 
Oiseaux, p. 40, pl. 2, 1839. Based on Cuban specimens. 
