Chapter I

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

Buteo borealis, _Linn._
(p. 11.)

P. H. G. del. et lith. Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.]

Ephialtes grammicus, _Gosse_.
(p. 19.)

P. H. G. del. et lith. R, B & R, imp.]

Nyctibius Jamaicensis, _Gmel._
(p. 41.)

P. H. G. del. et lith. Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.]

Nyctibius pallidus, _Gosse_.
(p. 49.)

P. H. G. del. et lith. R, B & R, imp.]

Acanthylis collaris? _Pr. Max_
(p. 51.)

P. H. G. del. et lith. R, B & R, imp.]

Tachornis phœnicobia, _Gosse_.
(p. 58.)

P. H. G. del. et lith. Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.]

Cypselus niger, _Gmel._
(p. 63.)

P. H. G. del. et lith. Reeve, Benham & Barre, imp.]

Hirundo euchrysea, _Gosse_.
(p. 68.)

P. H. G. del. et lith. R, B & R, imp.]

Todus viridis, _Linn._
(p. 72.)

P. H. G. del. et lith. Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.]

Certhiola flaveola, _Linn._
(p. 84.)

P. H. G. del. et lith. Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.]

Certhiola maritima, _Wilson._
(p. 87.)

P. H. G. del. et lith. Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.]

Lampornis mango, _Linn._
(p. 88.)

P. H. G. del. et lith. R, B & R, imp.]

Trochilus polytmus, ♂, _Linn._
(p. 97.)

P. H. G del. et lith. Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.]

Trochilus polytmus, _Linn._ ♀ & nest.
(p. 104.)

P. H. G. del. et lith. R, B & R, imp.]

Mellisuga humilis, ♂ _and_ ♀, _Gosse._
(p. 127.)

P. H. G. del. et lith. R, B & R, imp.]

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

_P. H. G. del. et lith. R, B & R, imp._]

Merula leucogenys, _Gmel._
(p. 136.)

P. H. G. del. et lith. Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.]

Merula Jamaicensis, _Gmel._
(p. 142.)

P. H. G. del. et lith. R, B & R, imp.]

Seiurus Noveboracensis, _Gmel._
(p. 151.)

P. H. G. del. et lith. Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.]

Sylvicola pensilis, _Lath._
(p. 156.)

P. H. G. del. et lith. Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.]

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

P. H. G. del. et lith. Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.]

Sylvicola pannosa, _Gosse_.
(p. 162.)

P. H. G. del. et lith. R, B & R, imp.]

Sylvicola pharetra, _Gosse_.
(p. 163.)

P. H. G. del. et lith. Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.]

Myiobius pallidus, _Gosse_.
(p. 166.)

P. H. G del et lith. Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.]

Myiobus tristis, _Gosse_.
(p. 167.)

P. H. G. del. et lith. R, B & R, imp.]

Myiobius stolidus, _Gosse_.
(p. 168.)

P. H. G. del. et lith. R, B & R, imp.]

Tyrannus caudifasciatus, _D’Orb._
(p. 177.)

P. H. G. del. et lith. Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.]

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

P. H. G. del. et lith. R, B & R, imp.]

Corvus Jamaicensis, _Briss._
(p. 209.)

P. H. G. del. et lith. Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.]

Quiscalus crassirostris, _Sw._
(p. 217.)

P. H. G. del. et lith. R, B & R, imp.]

Tanagra nigricephala, ♂, _Jameson_.
(p. 231. “_T. Zena._”)

P. H. G. del. et lith. Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.]

Tanagrella ruficollis, _Gmel._ ♂ _and_ ♀
(p. 236.)

P. H. G. del. et lith. R, B & R, imp.]

Euphonia, Jamaica, _Linn._ ♂ _and_ ♀
(p. 238.)

P. H. G. del. et lith. R, B & R, imp.]

Coturniculus tixicrus, _Gosse_.
(p. 242.)

P. H. G. del. et lith. Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.]

Crithagra Brasiliensis, _Spix_.
(p. 245.)

P. H. G. del. et lith. R, B & R, imp.]

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

P. H. G. del. et lith. Reeve, Benham, & Reeve, imp.]

Spermophila bicolor, _Linn._
(p. 252.)

P. H. G. del. et lith. Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.]

Spermophila adoxa, _Gosse_.
(p. 253.)

P. H. G. del. et lith. R, B & R, imp.]

Pyrrhula violacea, _Linn._
(p. 254.)

P. H. G. del. et lith. Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.]

Pyrrhula Robinsonii, _Gosse_.
(p. 259.)

P. H. G. del. et lith. R, B & R, imp.]

Piaya pluvialis, _Linn._
(p. 277.)

P. H. G. del. et lith. R, B & R, imp.]

Geotrygon sylvatica, _Gosse_.
(p. 316.)

P. H. G. del. et lith. R, B & R, imp.]

Zenaida? plumbea, _Gosse. (M.S.)_
(p. 324.)

P. H. G. del. et lith. R, B & R, imp.]

Egretta nivea, _Gosse._
(p. 334.)

P. H. G. del. et lith. Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.]

Egretta ruficollis, _Gosse_.
(p. 338.)

P. H. G. del. et lith. R, B & R, imp.]

Rallus concolor, _Gosse_.
(p. 369.)

P. H. G. del. et lith. R, B & R, imp.]

Ortygometra minuta, _Lath._
(p. 372.)

P. H. G. del. et lith. R, B & R, imp.]

Himantopus nigricollis, _Vieill._
(p. 386.)

P. H. G. del. et lith. Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.]

Anas maxima, _Gosse_. ♂
(p. 399.)

P. H. G. del. et lith. R, B & R, imp.]

Cyanopteras inornatus, ♀, _Gosse._
(p. 209.)

P. H. G. del. et lith. Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.]

Erismatura ortygoides, ♂ _Hill._
(p. 406.)

P. H. G. del. et lith. Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.]

Podiceps Dominicus, _Linn._
(p. 440.)

P. H. G. del. et lith. Reeve, Benham & Reeve, imp.]

Transcriber’s Notes:

- Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_).
- Blank pages have been removed.
- Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected.
- Attribution punctuation has been made consistent.