+Fam.+—SCOLOPACIDÆ. Pelidna pusilla. Actitis macularius. Totanus chloropygius. flavipes. melanoleucus? Gallinago Wilsoni. [Tringa canutus. [Calidris arenaria. [Catoptrophorus semipalmatus. [Rusticola minor. +Fam.+—RALLIDÆ. Aramus scolopaceus. Rallus longirostris. concolor. Ortygometra Carolina. minuta. Jamaicensis. Porphyrio Martinica. Gallinula galeata. Fulica Americana. +Fam.+—RECURVIROSTRADÆ. Himantopus nigricollis. [Recurvirostra Americana. +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 } {The migrant in spring, they,”} ” {visitors. 185, 8, ” “_voltigant_” ” _voltigent_. 286, 2, ” “and,” ” I. THE BIRDS OF JAMAICA. +Order.+—ACCIPITRES. (_Birds of prey._) +Fam.+—VULTURIDÆ. (_The Vultures._) JOHN-CROW VULTURE.[1] (_Turkey-buzzard._—+Wilson.+) _Cathartes aura._ _Vultur aura_, +Linn.+ _Cathartes aura_, +Illiger+.—Aud. pl. 151. [1] Length 25¹⁄₂ inches, expanse 66, tail 9¹⁄₂, wing from flexure 20¹⁄₄, rictus 2²⁄₁₀, tarsus 3, middle toe 2¹⁄₁₀, claw ⁹⁄₁₀. The history of this species has been so ably written by Wilson and Audubon, that I shall do little more than touch on one or two disputed points in its economy. An excellent memoir of this Vulture, communicated to me by my valued friend Richard Hill, Esq., of Spanish-town, affords some interesting particulars:—