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BIRDS OF JAMAICA. 
^2. Todus viridis. Jamaican Tody. 
Todus viridis, Gosse p. 72 id. Ill. pi. 14 Scl. P.Z.S. 1861: Newt. List, p. 
109: Scott. Auk, p. 274: Sharpe, Cat. Birds xviii, p. 334. > 
Hab. Peculiar to Jamaica, but represented by the closely allied species T. 
subulatus, T. multicolor and T. hypochondriacus in Cuba, Hispaniola and 
Porto Rico. 
Fain. PSITTACIILE (Parrots) 
The Parrots, although much varying in structure, present peculiarities which 
allow them to be easily distinguished from all other birds so that most System- 
atists consider them as a separate Order of the Class ‘ Aves’. The Parrots are 
very numerous, especially within the tropics of both hemispheres, and more than 
500 species have been described. 
83. Chrysotis collaria. Yellow-billed Amazon 
Psittacus leucocephalus, Gosse, p. 269: 
Chrysotis collaria, Scl. P.Z.S. 1861, p. 79: March, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1863, p. 284 
Newt. p. 110: Salvad. Cat. Birds, xx. p. 318. 
Amazona collaria Scott, Auk, ix. p. 128. 
Hab. Peculiar to Jamaica, but represented by allied species in the other 
Islands. 
84. Chrysotis agilis. Black-billed Amazon. 
Psittacus agilis, Gosse, p. 110: 
Chrysotis agilis, Scl. P.Z.S. 1861, p. 69: March, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1883, p. 284: 
Newt. p. 110. 
Amazona agilis Scott, Auk, ix. p. 128. 
Hab. Peculiar to Jamaica. 
85. Conurus nanus. Yellow-bellied Parrot. 
Conurus flaviventer, Gosse, B. J. p. 263. 
Conurus nanus Scl. P.Z.S. 1861 p. 79: March, Pr. Ac. Phil. p. 284: Newt. p. 
110- Scott, Auk, ix. p. 128, Salvad. Cat. Birds, xx. p. 319. 
Hab. Peculiar to Jamaica. 
86. Ara gossii Jamaican Macaw. 
Ara tricolor? Gosse, B J., p 260: Scott, Auk, ix. p. 129: 
Ara gossei, Rothschild, Extinct Birds, p. 56, pi. ii. 
Hab. Peculiar to Jamaica, but almost, if not quite extinct. 
Fain. STRIGIDiE (Owls.) 
Only two of the widely diffused groups of Owls, of which some 200 species 
are known, are met with in Jamaica. One of these is the American form of our 
Barn-owl, the other is an Eared Owl, so far as is known at present, restricted 
to the Island. 
87. Strix pratincola. American Barn-owl. 
Strix pratincola, Gosse, B. J., p. 23: March, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1863, p. 153: 
Aluco pratincola,, Newt. List, p. 111. 
Strix flammeafurcata, Scott, Auk, ix. p. 127- 
Strix flammea, Sharpe, Cat. Birds ii. p. 291. 
Hab. Widely distributed in America; resident in Jamaica (Gosse). 
88. Asio grammicus. Lettered Owl. 
Ephialtes grammicus , Gosse, B.J. p. 19, pi. 4. 
Pseudoscops grammicus . Scl. P.Z.S. 1861, p. 80: March, Pr. Ac. Phil, 
1863, p. 153: Newt. List, p. 88: Scott, Auk ix p. 117. 
Asio grammicus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds ii. p. 242. 
Hab ■ Resident in Jamaica, and, so far as is known, peculiar to the Island. 
Fam. PANDIONID2E (Ospreys) 
The sole representative of the ubiquitous Osprey occurs occasionally in Ja¬ 
maica. 
89. Pandion haliaetus. Osprey. 
Pandion carolinensis Gosse, B.J. p. 19: 
Pandion haliaetus, Newt. List, p. 109: 
Pandion haliaetus carolinensis, Scott, Auk, ix. p. 127: Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p 449 
Hob Coasts of Jamaica, not very common. 
