Transcriber’s Note:

This is a companion book to “The Birds of Jamaica”.

ILLUSTRATIONS
OF THE
BIRDS OF JAMAICA.

BY

PHILIP HENRY GOSSE.

LONDON:
JOHN VAN VOORST, 1, PATERNOSTER ROW.
1849.

ADVERTISEMENT.

When the following series of Ornithological Drawings was commenced, it was proposed that a figure should be given of each species described in the "Birds of Jamaica."

It was subsequently judged desirable to modify this plan, by omitting such species as had been well figured before, in works easily available to the British public.

The plates, however, had been already numbered in agreement with the order in which the species are treated in the work above-named; and this order could not be changed: they are recommended to be arranged, when bound, as they are enumerated in the following table, the numbers being still successive, though not continuous.

London, April, 1849.

CONTENTS.

Buteo borealis[2]
Ephialtes grammicus[4]
Nyctibius Jamaicensis[6]
. . . . . . . . pallidus[7]
Acanthylis collaris?[8]
Tachornis phœnicobia[9]
Cypselus niger[10]
Hirundo euchrysea[12]
Todus viridis[14]
Certhiola flaveola[16]
. . . . . . . . maritima[17]
Lampornis mango[18]
Trochilus polytmus (male)[19]
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (female)[20]
Mellisuga humilis[21]
Trochilus Maria[22]
Merula leucogenys[23]
. . . . . . Jamaicensis[24]
Seiurus Noveboracensis[28]
Sylvicola pensilis[32]
. . . . . . . . eoa[34]
. . . . . . . . pannosa[37]
. . . . . . . . pharetra[38]
Myiobius pallidus[40]
. . . . . . . . tristis[41]
. . . . . . . . stolidus[42]
Tyrannus caudifasciatus[44]
Elania cotta[45]
Corvus Jamaicensis[52]
Quiscalus crassirostris[53]
Tanagra nigricephala[56]
Tanagrella ruficollis[58]
Euphonia Jamaica[59]
Coturniculus tixicrus[60]
Crithagra Brasiliensis[61]
Spermophila anoxantha[62]
. . . . . . . . . . . bicolor[64]
. . . . . . . . . . . adoxa[65]
Pyrrhula violacea[66]
. . . . . . . . Robinsonii[67]
Piaya pluvialis[74]
Geotrygon sylvatica[84]
Zenaida? plumbea[85]
Egretta nivea[90]
. . . . . . ruficollis[93]
Rallus concolor[102]
Ortygometra minuta[104]
Himantopus nigricollis[108]
Anas maxima[110]
Cyanopterus inornatus[111]
Erismatura ortygoides[113]
Podiceps Dominicus[120]

Plate II.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.

Buteo borealis, Linn.
(p. 11.)

Plate IV.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

R, B & R, imp.

Ephialtes grammicus, Gosse.
(p. 19.)

Plate VI.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.

Nyctibius Jamaicensis, Gmel.
(p. 41.)

Plate VII.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

R, B & R, imp.

Nyctibius pallidus, Gosse.
(p. 49.)

Plate VIII.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

R, B & R, imp.

Acanthylis collaris? Pr. Max
(p. 51.)

Plate IX.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.

Tachornis phœnicobia, Gosse.
(p. 58.)

Plate X.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.

Cypselus niger, Gmel.
(p. 63.)

Plate XII.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

R, B & R, imp.

Hirundo euchrysea, Gosse.
(p. 68.)

Plate XIV.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.

Todus viridis, Linn.
(p. 72.)

Plate XVI.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.

Certhiola flaveola, Linn.
(p. 84.)

Plate XVII.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.

Certhiola maritima, Wilson.
(p. 87.)

Plate XVIII.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

R, B & R, imp.

Lampornis mango, Linn.
(p. 88.)

Plate XIX.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.

Trochilus polytmus, ♂, Linn.
(p. 97.)

Plate XX.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

R, B & R, imp.

Trochilus polytmus, Linn. ♀ & nest.
(p. 104.)

Plate XXI.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

R, B & R, imp.

Mellisuga humilis, ♂ and ♀, Gosse.
(p. 127.)

Plate XXII.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

R, B & R, imp.

Trochilus Maria, Hill.
(Ann. N.H. 1849.)

Plate XXIII.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.

Merula leucogenys, Gmel.
(p. 136.)

Plate XXIV.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

R, B & R, imp.

Merula Jamaicensis, Gmel.
(p. 142.)

Plate XXVIII.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.

Seiurus Noveboracensis, Gmel.
(p. 151.)

Plate XXXII.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.

Sylvicola pensilis, Lath.
(p. 156.)

Plate XXXIV.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.

Sylvicola, eoa, Gosse.
(p. 158.)

Plate XXXVII.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

R, B & R, imp.

Sylvicola pannosa, Gosse.
(p. 162.)

Plate XXXVIII.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.

Sylvicola pharetra, Gosse.
(p. 163.)

Plate XL.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.

Myiobius pallidus, Gosse.
(p. 166.)

Plate XLI.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

R, B & R, imp.

Myiobus tristis, Gosse.
(p. 167.)

Plate XLII.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

R, B & R, imp.

Myiobius stolidus, Gosse.
(p. 168.)

Plate XLIV.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.

Tyrannus caudifasciatus, D'Orb.
(p. 177.)

Plate XLV.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

R, B & R, imp.

Elania cotta, Gosse.
(Ann. N.H. 1849.)

Plate LII.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.

Corvus Jamaicensis, Briss.
(p. 209.)

Plate LIII.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

R, B & R, imp.

Quiscalus crassirostris, Sw.
(p. 217.)

Plate LVI.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.

Tanagra nigricephala, ♂, Jameson.
(p. 231. T. Zena.)

Plate LVIII.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

R, B & R, imp.

Tanagrella ruficollis, Gmel. ♂ and ♀
(p. 236.)

Plate LIX.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

R, B & R, imp.

Euphonia, Jamaica, Linn. ♂ and ♀
(p. 238.)

Plate LX.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.

Coturniculus tixicrus, Gosse.
(p. 242.)

Plate LXI.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

R, B & R, imp.

Crithagra Brasiliensis, Spix.
(p. 245.)

Plate LXII.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.

Spermophila anoxantha, Gosse. ♂
(p. 242.)

Plate LXIV.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.

Spermophila bicolor, Linn.
(p. 252.)

Plate LXV.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

R, B & R, imp.

Spermophila adoxa, Gosse.
(p. 253.)

Plate LXVI.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.

Pyrrhula violacea, Linn.
(p. 254.)

Plate LXVII.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

R, B & R, imp.

Pyrrhula Robinsonii, Gosse.
(p. 259.)

Plate LXXIV.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

R, B & R, imp.

Piaya pluvialis, Linn.
(p. 277.)

Plate LXXXIV.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

R, B & R, imp.

Geotrygon sylvatica, Gosse.
(p. 316.)

Plate LXXXV.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

R, B & R, imp.

Zenaida? plumbea, Gosse. (M.S.)
(p. 324.)

Plate XC.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.

Egretta nivea, Gosse.
(p. 334.)

Plate XCIII.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

R, B & R, imp.

Egretta ruficollis, Gosse.
(p. 338.)

Plate CII.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

R, B & R, imp.

Rallus concolor, Gosse.
(p. 369.)

Plate CIV.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

R, B & R, imp.

Ortygometra minuta, Lath.
(p. 372.)

Plate CVIII.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.

Himantopus nigricollis, Vieill.
(p. 386.)

Plate CX.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

R, B & R, imp.

Anas maxima, Gosse. ♂
(p. 399.)

Plate CXI.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.

Cyanopteras inornatus, ♀, Gosse.
(p. 209.)

Plate CXIII.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.

Erismatura ortygoides, ♂ Hill.
(p. 406.)

Plate CXX.

P. H. G. del. et lith.

Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.

Podiceps Dominicus, Linn.
(p. 440.)

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