The birds of Jamaica

by Philip Henry Gosse

[Order.—ANSERES.]

• [Fam.—ANATIDÆ.]
• [Phœnicopterus ruber.]
• [Dendrocygna arborea.]
• [autumnalis.
• [Anas maxima.]
• [Cyanopterus discors.]
• [inornatus.]
• [Erismatura spinosa.]
• [ortygoides.
• [Chen hyperboreus.
• [Anser Canadensis.
• [Dafila acuta.
• [Pœcilonetta Bahamensis.
• [Mareca Americana.
• [Aix sponsa.
• [Querquedula Carolinensis.
• [Rhynchaspis clypeata.
• [Chaulelasmus streperus.
• [Anas obscura.
• [boschas.
• [Cairina moschata.
• [Oidemia perspicillata.
• [Fuligula Americana.
• [affinis.
• [rufitorques.
• [Nyroca leucophthalma.
• [Fam.—PELECANIDÆ.]
• [Pelecanus fuscus.]
• [Sula fusca.]
• [[fiber.]
• [[piscator.]
• [[parva.]
• [Fregata aquilus.]
• [Phaeton æthereus.]
• [Fam.—LARIDÆ.]
• [Thalasseus Cayanus.]
• [Hydrochelidon fuliginosa.]
• [[Megalopterus stolidus.]
• [[Thalasseus Cantiacus.]
• [[Sterna argentea.]
• [[Hydrochelidon nigra.]
• [[Xema atricilla.]
• [Fam.—PROCELLARIADÆ.]
• [Thalassidroma ——?
• [Fam.—ALCADÆ.]
• [Alca ——?
• [Fam.—COLYMBIDÆ.]
• [Podilymbus Carolinensis?]
• [Podiceps Dominicus.]

ERRATA.

Page	Line
33,	2,	for	“Falcons,”	read	Nightjars.
64,	5,	”	“pæciloma,”	”	pœciloma.
113,	15,	after	“into,”	”	our.
170,	19,	for	“On their return in spring, they,”	”	The migrant visitors.
185,	8,	”	“voltigant”	”	voltigent.
286,	2,	”	“and,”	”	I.

THE BIRDS OF JAMAICA.

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Order.—ACCIPITRES. (Birds of prey.)

Fam.—VULTURIDÆ. (The Vultures.)

JOHN-CROW VULTURE.[1]
(Turkey-buzzard.—Wilson.)

Cathartes aura.