BIRDS OF JAMAICA 
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Fam. PLATALEID/E. (Spoonbills). 
One ol the small family of Spoon-bills which numbers about 6 species, is the 
sole representative of this peculiar group in the New World, and occasion¬ 
ally visits Jamaica. 
109. Platalea ajaja. Roseate Spoonbill. 
Platalea ajaja, Gosse, p. 346: March, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1864, p. 65: Newt. p. 65: 
Ajaja ajaja, Scott, Auk, ix. p. 9: Sharpe, Cat. B. xxvi. p. 52. 
Hab. Central and South America Of occasional occurrence in Jamaica. 
Fam. IBIDID7E. (Ibises). 
The Ibises of which some 30 species are known, are found in the warmer 
portions of both hemispheres. Two of them occasionally visit Jamaica. 
110. Eudocimus ruber. Scarlet Ibis. 
Ibis rubra, Gosse, p. 346: March, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1864. 
Eudocimus ruber, Newt. p. 112: Sharpe, Cat. B. xxvi. p. 41. 
Guara rubra, Scott, Auk, ix p 9. 
Hab. Central and South America. Of occasional occurrence in Jamaica. 
111. Eudocimus alb us. White Ibis. 
Ibis alba, Gosse, B.J. p. 348: Denny, P.Z.S. 1847, p. 39. 
Guara cdba, Scott, Auk, ix. p. 9. 
Eudocimus albus, Sharpe, Cat. B. xxvi. p. 41. 
Hab. Central and South America: of occasional occurrence in Jamaica. 
Fam. CICONIID^E (Storks). 
The Storks a family of which about 15 species are known, are singularly few 
in the New World. Only three are found there, and only one of these is an 
occasional visitor to Jamaica. 
112. Tantalus loculator. 
Tantalus locidator, Denny, P.Z.S. 1847, p. 39: Scott, Auk, ix. p. 9: Sharpe, 
Cat. B. xxvi. p. 321. 
Hab. Central and South America: of occasional occurrence in Jamaica. 
FREGATIDiE. (Frigate-birds). 
Only two species of this peculiar Family are known. One of these is said to be 
common on the south coast of Jamaica, where it breeds. 
113. Fregata aquila. Greater Frigate-bird. 
Fregala aquila, Gosse, p. 422: Scott, Auk, ix. p. 363: Grant, Cat. B. xxvi. 
p. 443. 
Hab. Widely distributed in the tropical seas. Common on the coasts of 
Jamaica. 
Fam. PHAETHONTIDvE. (Tropic-birds). 
The Tropic-birds form a small but very distinct Family of Totipalmate Birds 
allied to the Pelicans and Cormorants. One species is certainly met w T ith on the 
coasts of Jamaica, but the occurrence of the second is perhaps a little doubtful. 
In the Catalogue of Birds six species of this group are recognized, all from the 
inter-tropical seas. 
114. Phaethon asthereus. Red-billed Tropic-bird. 
Phceton eethereus, Gosse, p.430: Newt. p. 112: Grant, Cat. B. xxvi. p. 457. 
Hab. A widely distributed oceanic bird: occasionally met with on the coast 
of Jamaica (Gosse) but perhaps not correctly identified. 
115. Phaethon flavirostris. Yellow-billed Tropic-bird. 
Phaethon jlavirostris Scott, Auk, viii. p. 249, et p. 362. 
Phaethon americanus, Grant, Cat. B. xxvi. p. 456. 
Hab. American seas: north coast of Jamaica, resident and breeding (Scott). 
Fam. SULIDiE. (Gannets). 
The Gannets are another small Family of oceanic birds scattered nearly all over 
the world. Three species out of the six recognized in the Catalogue of Birds 
have been recorded as met with on the coasts of Jamaica. 
116. Sula leucogastra. _ Brown Booby. 
Sidafusca, Gosse, B.J. p. 417. 
Stda leucogaster, Newt. p. 112. 
Sula fiber, Gosse, p. 418 (?). 
Sula sida, Scot, Auk, ix. p. 363: Grant, Cat. B. xxvi. p. 436. 
Hab. Coasts of Jamaica (a widely distributed species). 
