Author: Charles B. Cory

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Published: 2015-08-05

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9781332299676

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Excerpt from The Birds of the West Indies: Including All Species Known to Occur in the Bahama Islands, the Greater, Antilles, the Caymans, and the Lesser Antilles, Excepting, the Islands of Tobago and Trinidad In preparing the present work, the writer has examined a large series of birds from nearly all of the islands of the West Indies, the combined collections representing many thousands of specimens. The writer has personally made five trips to different parts of the West Indies, and, aside from such collections as were made under his personal supervision, a number of collectors were sent to the more important islands for the purpose of obtaining as complete a series as possible. Several of the collectors were absent from six to eighteen months, and it is fair to assume that their collections contained nearly all of the resident species of the islands which they visited. The collections made by Mr. W. B. Richardson in Grand Cayman and some of the Lesser Antilles proved especially interesting, being very rich in novelties, his combined collections containing no less than seventeen species new to science. Most of the matter contained in the present work appeared in the "Auk" for 1886, 1887, and 1888; but since that time a large number of species have been added to the West Indian avi-fauna, which were either new to science or had not previously been recorded from that locality; descriptions of these are given in the Appendix, unless included in their proper order in the body of the work. A number of alterations and corrections have been made in the original plates, and several new illustrations have been added. The following species have been recorded since the "Birds of the West Indies" was first published in the "Auk" - Mimocichla ravida Cory. Grand Cayman, Margarops montanus rufus Cory. Dominico, Margarops montanus albiventris (Lawr.). Grenada, Rhamphocinclus sanctae-luciae Cory. St. Lucia, Polioptila caerulea caesiogaster Ridgw. Bahamas, Thryothorus guadeloupensis Cory. Grand Terre, Guadeloupe, Dendroica vittellina Cory. Grand Cayman, Dendroica aurocapilla Ridgw. Grand Cayman, Geothlypis coryi Ridgw. Eleuthera I., Bahamas, Geothlypis tanneri Ridgw. Abaco I., Bahamas, Certhiola sharpei Cory. Grand Cayman. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Download or read book The Birds of the West Indies written by Charles B. Cory and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Birds of the West Indies: Including All Species Known to Occur in the Bahama Islands, the Greater, Antilles, the Caymans, and the Lesser Antilles, Excepting, the Islands of Tobago and Trinidad In preparing the present work, the writer has examined a large series of birds from nearly all of the islands of the West Indies, the combined collections representing many thousands of specimens. The writer has personally made five trips to different parts of the West Indies, and, aside from such collections as were made under his personal supervision, a number of collectors were sent to the more important islands for the purpose of obtaining as complete a series as possible. Several of the collectors were absent from six to eighteen months, and it is fair to assume that their collections contained nearly all of the resident species of the islands which they visited. The collections made by Mr. W. B. Richardson in Grand Cayman and some of the Lesser Antilles proved especially interesting, being very rich in novelties, his combined collections containing no less than seventeen species new to science. Most of the matter contained in the present work appeared in the "Auk" for 1886, 1887, and 1888; but since that time a large number of species have been added to the West Indian avi-fauna, which were either new to science or had not previously been recorded from that locality; descriptions of these are given in the Appendix, unless included in their proper order in the body of the work. A number of alterations and corrections have been made in the original plates, and several new illustrations have been added. The following species have been recorded since the "Birds of the West Indies" was first published in the "Auk" - Mimocichla ravida Cory. Grand Cayman, Margarops montanus rufus Cory. Dominico, Margarops montanus albiventris (Lawr.). Grenada, Rhamphocinclus sanctae-luciae Cory. St. Lucia, Polioptila caerulea caesiogaster Ridgw. Bahamas, Thryothorus guadeloupensis Cory. Grand Terre, Guadeloupe, Dendroica vittellina Cory. Grand Cayman, Dendroica aurocapilla Ridgw. Grand Cayman, Geothlypis coryi Ridgw. Eleuthera I., Bahamas, Geothlypis tanneri Ridgw. Abaco I., Bahamas, Certhiola sharpei Cory. Grand Cayman. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."