ELPITIRRE -Ten-Year Index, 1988-1997 CONSERVATION OF THE WHITE-CHEEKED PINTAIL IN THE WEST INDIES .............................................................................. 25 N A TURE T OURISM IN TH E C A RIBBEAN ...................................................................... ................................................................ 26 APPRECIATION TO THE ORNITHOLOGY GROUP OF THE BAHAMAS NATIONAL TRUST AND THE MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL C O M M IT TE E .............................. 26................................................................................................................................................................ 2 6........... 2 6 C A N O T IB U R O N E S .................................................................................................................................. ............. ......................... 2 7 E SP E C IE S E X O T IA S ............................................................................................................................................................................ 2 7 C ABO R OJo SALT FLATS .......................... ................................................................................................ 28 CONDOLENCES ON THE DEATH OF ROGER TORY PETERSON ......................................................... ............................................ 29 ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE 1996 ANNUAL SCO MEETING IMPORTANCIA DE LOS ECOSISTEMAS URBANOS EN LA CONSERVATION DE LA AVIFAUNA INSULAR. Simon Guerrero ............. 29 LOGROS RECIENTES EN EL PROYECTO DE RECUPERACION DE LA COTORRA PUERTORRIQUE-A (AMAZONA VITTATA). Pablo T o rre s-B d ez ............................................................................ ............................................................................................... 2 9 UTILIZACION DE LA INFORMATION BIBLIOGRAFICA Y REGISTROS DE COLECCIONES PARA EL ATLAS DE LAS AYES NIDIFICANTES DE CUBA. Barbara Sanchez Oria, S. Perns, A. Llanes, D. Rodriguez, Hiram Gonzalez, Pedro Blanco y M E G a rc ia .................... ... ................................................................. ...................... ... .. .... ................. .................. 3 0 RESULTADOS PRELIMINARES SOBRE EL STATUS Y ALGUNOS ASPECTS ECOLOGICOS DE LA YAGUASA CRIOLLA (DEADROCYGNA ARBOREA) EN CUBA. Martin Acosta Cruz, Lourdes Mugica Valdes y Armando Albo .............................. 30 ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION OF A SEDENTARY TROPICAL DUCK IN THE BAHAMAS: THE WHITE-CHEEKED PINTAIL ANASS BAHAMENISISBAHAMENSIS). Lisa G. Sorenson, Bethany L. Woodworth, Lore Ruttan, Amy Harth, and Frank McKinney .... 30 RECENT PUBLICATIONS THE SCIENTIFIC SURVEY OF PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS: AN EIGHTY-YEAR REASSESSMENT OF THE ISLANDS' NATURAL HISTORY, EDITED BY JULIO C. FIGUEROA COLON. ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES V OL. 776. Jam es W W iley ........................................................... .................. ....... ........ .......................... .............. 3 1 THE CAYMAN ISLANDS: NATURAL HISTORY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY, EDITED BY M. A. BRUNT AND J. E. DAVIES. KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS, DORDRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS. 1994. James W. Wiley ...................................................... 31 AVES DE LA ISLA DE CUBA, BY JUAN LEMBEYE. 1850. EDICION FACSIMILE. PRESENTATION DE MANUEL FRAGA IRIBARNE. INTRODUCTION DE FRANCISCO DIAZ-FIERROS VIQUEIRA. MADRID: XUNTA DE GALICIA. 1995. James W. Wiley ............. 32 N O T IC E S ................................ 32................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 2.............. 3 2 S C O E L E C T IO N S ................................. 32.............................................................................................................................................................. 3 2....... 3 2 1997 A N N U A L M EETIN G O F TH E S C O ...................................................................................................................................................... 32 S C O T -S H IR T S ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 2 CARIBBEAN H ONOR ROLE ...................................................................................... ......................... 33 ANNOUNCEMENTS VOLUNTEERS NEEDED AS PARTNERS-IN-FLIGHT LIAISONS ........................................ ....................................................................... 33 NEW BOOKS A BIRDER'S WEST INDIES. AN ISLAND-BY-ISLAND TOUR, by Roland H. Wauer ................................................................. 34 CONTRIBUTIONS TO WEST INDIAN HERPETOLOGY: A TRIBUTE TO ALBERT SCHWARTZ, edited by Robert Powell and Robert W H enderson ................... ................................................................. .............. 34 M EE TIN G S O F IN TE R E ST .................................................................................. ................................................................................... 3 5 SC O B O A RD M EM BER S E LECTED 1996 .................................................................................................................................................... 36 1997 VOLUME 10, NUMBER 1 SITUATION ACTUAL Y CONSERVATION DE LA YAGUAZA ANTILLANA (DENDROCYGNA ARBOREA) EN LA REPUBLICAN DOMINICANA. J o se A O tte n w a ld e r ........................................................................................................................................................................... 2 THE AMERICAN KESTREL FALCO SPARVERIUS (AVES: FALCONIDAE) IN JAMAICA. Orlando H. Garrido, Arturo Kirkconnell, A udrey D ow ner, A nn H aynes Sutton, and R obert Sutton ............................................................................................................... 11 DOS CASOS DE ANIDAMIENTO DE LA CARTACUBA TODUS MULTICOLOR (AVES: TODIDAE) EN UNA CUEVA. Carlos A. Mancina y P atricia G arcia F erndndez ................... .. ..... ........................................................................ ................. ................................ 12 OTROS NUEVOS REGISTROS DEL FRAILECILLO SILBADOR CHARADRIUS MELODUS EN LA PROVINCIA DE LA HABANA, CUBA. Pedro B lanco R y E neider P erez M ................................................. .......... ... ............. ..... ... ...... ... ..... ..... ....................................... 13 REPORT DENIDOS INUSUALES DE CIGUA PALMERADULUSDOMIANCUS (AVES: DULIDAE). Simon Guerrero. ................................... 14 REY CONGO NYCTANASSA VIOLACEA (AVES: ARDEIDAE) NIDIFICANDO SOBRE UN NIDO DEDULUS DOMINICUS. Simon Guerrero ......... 14 BLACK-CAPPED PETRELS FLEE INTO CANADA BEFORE HURRICANE FRAN. Leo Douglas .................................................................... 15 PRIMERA OBSERVATION DE COEREBA FLAVEOLA (LINNEO) (AVES: COEREBIDAE) PARA EL MACIZO MONTA-OSO GUAMUHAYA, C UBA A bel H erndndez M u-oz y B ob B ow les ................................................................................................................................. 16 PELICAN NORTEAMERICANO PELECANUS OCCIDENTALIS CAROLINENSIS (AVES: PELECANIDAE) CRIA TAMBIEN EN CUBA. Jose A M orales y O rlando H G arrido ........................................................................................................ ............................. 17 ORNITHOLOGICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH AT CARIBBEAN UNION COLLEGE, TRINIDAD. Floyd E. Hayes .............................. 17 ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE 1996 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SCO, NASSAU, BAHAMAS RESOURCE PARTITIONING BETWEEN GLOSSY IBIS AND WHITE IBIS IN A RICE FIELD SYSTEM IN SOUTH-CENTRAL CUBA. Martin Acosta, Lourdes Mugica, C. Mancina, andX. Ruiz ..................................................................................... 18