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BIRDS OF JAMAICA. 
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Fain. CYPSELID2E. 
Three of the wide-ranging Family of Swifts have been met with in Jamaica. 
Of these, however, only one, the little Palm-swift, is resident, the other two 
being stragglers from the mainland of America. 
Cypselus phcenicobius. Palm Swift. 
Tachornis phcenicobius. Gosse, p. 58, id. Ill. pi. 9: Newt. p. 108: Hartert, 
Cat. B. xvi. p. 468. 
Cypselus phceiiicobius, Scl. P.Z.S. 1865, p. 604:—March, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1863. 
p. 287: Scott, Auk, ix. p. 277 : Scl. Bull. B. 0. C. vol. xxiii, p. 71. 
Hub. Jamaica, resident. 
Cypseloides niger. Black Swift. 
Cypselus niger, Gosse, p. 63, id. Ill. pi. 10: March, Pr. Ac. Ph. 1863, p. 297 
Cyrseloides niger, Newt. List, p. 108: Scott, Auk, ix. p. 276: Hart. Cat. B. 
xvi. p. 492 
Nephcecetes niger, Baird, ReC A. B. p. 142. 
Hab. N. America: ail occasional visitor to Jamaica. 
68. Ceuetura zonaris. Collared Swift. 
Atemthylis collaris, Gosse, p. 51, id. Ill. pi. 8. 
Chatura collaris , Scl. P.Z.S. 1861, p. 79 : March, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1863, p. 286. 
Acanlhyllis collaris, Newt. p. 208. 
Hemiprocne zonaris, Scott, Auk, ix. p. 276. 
Chcetura zonaris, Hartert, Cat. B. xvi. p. 476. 
Hab. Central and S. America, an occasional visitor to Jamaica. 
Fam. CAPRIMULGID7E (Nightjars). 
The Caprimulgidse, or Nightjars, are a well marked and widely distributed 
group, more abundant in the tropics than elsewhere, and mostly nocturnal in 
their habits. In Jamaica they have 4 or 5 representatives, one of which (Si- 
phonorhis ) is of very peculiar structure, and is restricted to the Island. 
N yctibius jamaicensis. Large Potoo. 
Nyctibius jamaicensis , Gosse, p. 61, II. pi. 6.: Scl P.Z.S. 1861. p. 77: March, 
Pr. Ac. Phil. 1883, p. 286: Newt. d. 108: Scott, Auk. ix, p. 275: Hartert 
Cat. B. xvi. p. 625. 
Hab. South and Central America; resident in Jamaica. 
70. Nyctibius pallidus. White-headed Potoo. 
Nyctibius pallidus, Gosse, p. 69: id. Ill. pi. 7: Sclater, PZ.S. 1866, p. 129: 
Scott, Auk, ix. p. 276. 
Hob. Jamaica. A very doubtful species, based by Gosse on a drawing. 
71. Ciiordeiles minor. Lesser Night-hawk. 
Chordeiles virginianus, Gosse, p. 33. 
Ciiordeiles popetue , Newt. p. 108. 
Chordeiles minor, Scl. P.Z.S. 1861, p. 77: March, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1883, p. 286:. 
Newt. p. 109: Scott, Auk, ix, p. 276: Hartert, Cat. B. xvi. p. 64. 
Hab. An occasional visitor to Jamaica in winter. 
It seems doubtful whether the larger C. virginianus also occurs in Jamaica. 
March recognized both forms. 
72. Caprimulgus carolinensis. Chuck-wills-widow. 
Antrostomus carolinensis , Scl. P.Z.S. 1866, p. 136: Newt. p. 109: Scott, Auk 
ix. p. 276. 
Caprimulgus carolinensis , Hart. Cat. B. xvi. p. 565. 
Hab. N. America: an occasional visitor to Jamaica in winter. 
73. Siphonorhis americanus. Long-nostrilled Night-jar. 
Caprimulgus americanus, Linn, (ex Sloane). 
Siphonorhis americanus, Scl. P.Z.S. 1861, p. 70: March, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1883 
p. 386 : Newt. List, p. 109: Scott, Auk, ix. p 276: Hart. Cat. B. xvi. 
p. 592: Rothsch. Ext. B. p. 43 pi. 5, a. 
Hab. Jamaica, but very rare, and possibly now extinct. Not known else¬ 
where. 
Fam. CUCULID7E (Cuckoos). 
The widely spread group of Cuckoos, which number some 175 species, according 
to the most recent authorities, is represented in Jamaica by five species one of 
which, the sole member of its genus, is peculiar to the Island. Another belongs 
to a genus which is restricted to the Antilles, and is replaced in the adjoining 
islands by slightly modified forms. 
