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Title : Illustrations of the birds of Jamaica

Author : Philip Henry Gosse

Release date : April 13, 2024 [eBook #73392]

Language : English

Original publication : London: J. van Voorst

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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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