Birds of the Cayman Islands. 
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11. Ereunetes pusillus. (Little Stint.) 
Ereunetes pusillus Cory, Auk, iii. p. 502 (1886); Sharpe, 
Hand-1. B.i. p. 162 (1899). 
Hab. North America : winter visitor to the Caymans. 
12. Limonites minutilla. (Least Stint). 
Tringa minutilla Cory, Auk, iii. p. 502 (1886). 
Limonites minutilla Sharpe, Hand-1. B. i. p. 163 (1899). 
Hab. North America : winter visitor to the Caymans. 
13. Heteropygia maculata. (Pectoral Sandpiper.) 
Tringa maculata Vieill.; Cory, Auk, iii. p. 502 (1886). 
Heteropygia maculata (V.); Sharpe, Hand-1. B. i. p. 163 
(1899). 
Hab. North America : winter visitor to the Caymans 
14. Gallinago delicata. (Wilson^s Snipe.) 
Gallinago delicata Sharpe, Hand-L B. i. p. 165 (1899). 
Hab. North America : winter visitor to the West Indies 
and Central America. 
I shot one or two examples of this bird in some marshes 
on the southern side of Grand Cayman. I have found no 
other records of its occurrence there. 
15. Hydranassa ruficollis. (Bed-necked Egret.) 
Ardea tricolor ruficollis Cory, Auk, iii. p. 502 (1886 : 
Grand Cayman, Little Cayman). 
Hydranassa ruficollis Sharpe, Hand-1. B. i. p. 197 (1899). 
Hab. Temperate E N. America to C. America, West 
Indies, Whether this bird breeds in the Cayman Islands I 
am unable to say, but it does so in Cuba and Jamaica. 
16. Nyctanassa violacea. (Yellow-crowned Night- 
Heron.) 
Nycticorax violaceus (Linn.); Cory, Auk, iii. p. 502. 
Nyctanassa violacea (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Hand-1. B. i. p. 197 
(1899). 
I have a specimen in my collection which I took in 
Cayman Brae. 
Hab. Central and South America : fairly common in the 
Caymans, resident. 
