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BIRDS OF JAMAICA. 
177. Micropalama himantopus. Stilt Sandpiper. 
Micropalama himantopus, March, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1864, p. 67: Newt. p. 161 : 
Scott, Auk. ix. p. 13: Sharpe, Cat. B. xxiv. p. 401. 
Hab. North America; a casual visitor to Jamaica. 
178. Calidris arenaria. Sanderling. 
Calidris arenaria t Gosse, p. 354, March, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1864, p. 67: Newt. p. 
116: Scott, Auk, ix. p. 13: Sharpe, Cat. B. xxiv. p. 526. 
Hab. North America; a common winter visitor to Jamaica. 
179. Ereunetes pusillus. 
Ereunetes pusillus, Cassin, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1860, p. 195: Newt. p. 116: 
Scott, Auk, ix. p. 13; Sharpe, Cat. B. xxiv. p. 514. 
Pelidna pusilla, Gosse, B.J. 348 (?) 
Hab. North America; an occasional winter visitor to Jamaica. 
180. Tringa minutilla. Least Stint. 
Tringa wilsoni, Scl. P.Z.S. 1861, p. 80. 
Tringa minutilla, Newt. p. 116: Scott, Auk, ix. p. 13: 
Actodromas minutilla, March, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1864, p. 67. 
Limonites minutilla, Sharpe, Cat. B. xxiv. p. 548. 
Hab. North America; a regular, but not very common winter visitor to 
Jamaica. 
181. Tringa fuscicollis. Bonapartes ’ Sandpiper. 
Tringa bonapartii, Scl. P.Z.S. 1861, p. 80: 
Tringa fuscicollis, Newt. List, p. 116: Albrect, J.f. Orn. 1862 p. 205: Scott, 
Auk, ix. p. 13. 
Heteropygia f uscicollis, Sharpe, Cat. B. xxiv. p. 574. 
Hab. North America; Jamaica occasionally, in winter. 
182. Tringa maculata. Pectoral Sandpiper, 
Tringa maculata, Newt. p. 116: Scott, Auk, ix. p. 13. 
Heteropygia maculata, Sharpe, Cat. B. xxiv. p. 562. 
Hab. North America; an occasional visitor to Jamaica. 
183. Tringa canutus. Knot. 
Tringa canutus, Gosse, p. 201: March, Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil, ix, 1864, p 67: Newt. 
p. 116: Scott, Auk, ix. p. 13: Sharpe, Cat. B. xxiv. p. 593. 
Hab. North America; an occasional visitor to Jamaica, in winter. 
184. Macrorhamphus griseus. Brown Snipe. 
Macrohamphus griseus, Cass & Baird, B.N.A., p. 712: Newt. p. 116: Scott, 
Auk, ix. p. 13: Sharpe, Cat. B. xxiv. p. 394. 
Hab. North America; an occasional visitor to Jamaica. 
185. Gallinago delicata. Wilson’s Snipe. 
Gallinago wilsoni, Gosse, p. 353; Newt. 116: March, Pr. Ac. Ph. 1864 p. 67. 
Gallinago delicata, Scott, Auk, ix. p. 12: Sharpe, Cat B. xxiv. p. 642. 
Hab. North America; a winter visitor to Jamaica. 
186. Philohela minor. American Woodcock, 
Rusticola minor, Gosse, p. 354, March Pr. Ac. Sc. Phil. 1864, p. 68. 
Scolopax minor, Newt. p. 316. 
Philohela minor, Scott, Auk, ix. p. 12, Sharpe, Cat. Birds, xxiv. p. 679: 
Hab. North America; an occasional visitor to Jamaica in winter. 
Fam. LARIDJE. (Gulls). 
Only five species of gulls and Terns have as yet been recorded from the shores 
of Jamaica but about twenty have been met with in the Antilles, so that there 
are propably many still to be added to this part of the Jamaican List. 
The American Check-list contains the names of more than forty Gulls and Terns. 
187. Larus atricilla. ^ Laughing Gull. 
Xema atricilla, Gosse, p. 437. 
Larus atricilla, NewT. p. 117: Scott, Auk, viii. p. 362: Saund. Cat. B. xxv. 
p. 194. 
Hab. North America : met with on the south coast of Jamaica. 
188. Sterna maxima. Cayenne Tern. 
Thalasseus cay anus, Gosse, p. 431. 
Sterna regia, Scl. P.Z.S. 1861, p. 82. 
Sterna maxima, Scott,*Auk, viii. p. 362: Saund. Cat. Birds, xxv. p. SO. 
Hab North America. Met with on the south coast of Jamaica. 
