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BIRDS OF HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO. 



Falco americanus. " Gm., Syst. Nat., p. 257 (1788)." — "Shaw, 



Zool., VII. p. 88." 

 Aquila americana. Vie-ill. , Ois. Am., Sept., I. pi. iv. (1S07). 

 Pandion americanus. Vieill., Gal. Ois., pi. ii. (1825). — Vig., Zool. 



Journ., I. p. 336. 

 Accipiter piscatorius. Catesby, Carolina, I. pi. ii. (1754). 

 Pandion halicetus. Rich., Faun. Bor. Am., II. p. 20(1831). — And., 



Orn. Biog., I. p. 415 (1831). — Gray, List Bds. Brit. Mus., 



p. 22 (1844). — Cory, Bds. Bahama I., p. 131 (18S0). — Coues, 



Key N. Am. Bds., p. 556 (18S4). 



Sp. Char., Male. — Above, dark brown; head, white, somewhat 

 marked with dark brown on crown and cheeks, varying in speci- 

 mens ; underpa'rts, white, sometimes streaked with light brown, 

 especially on the breast ; feet, very large, bluish. 



Length 22; wing 18.50; tail 9; tarsus 2.40; bill 1.40. 



The species is probably a winter visitant in San Domingo ; 

 no specimens were taken, but one was seen at Port au Prince. 

 It is found in Cuba, and is common in the Bahama Islands. 



