L. Forró szerk.: Miscellanea Zoologica Hungarica 9. 1994 (Budapest, 1994)

Bankovics, A.; Melián Hernández, L. O.: Bird migration data from a mangrove swamp near Santiago de Cuba

Table 1. Measurements of Water Fowls captured by mistnets in San Miguel de Parada (m = male, f = female) Species A. ame

ricana A. discors A. clypeata sex weight length wing tail bill tarsus date g mm mm mm mm mm m 610 490 256 115 39 49 13 Nov. f 350 390 187 80 40 36 12 Nov. m 390 390 189 79 43 36 f 390 382 180 66 44 34 í 384 385 180 71 43 37 f 360 375 183 65 42 35 12 Nov. m 406 390 190 75 43 40 13 Nov. m 390 420 190 75 43 37 f 304 375 175 75 40 35 13 Nov. f 365 405 185 78 42 39 14 Nov. f 360 400 190 84 43 36 f 312 360 180 72 42 36 m 402 400 192 84 42 35 f 320 411 200 71 44 32 14 Nov. m 640 510 255 100 69 46 12 Nov. Accipitridae Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) Only one record. One specimen was flying over the lagoons and the mangrove-forest 8 a.m. on 13 Nov. Probably it was not the endemic subspecies, but a North-American migrant Accipiter striatus relax. Falconidae Pigeon Hawk (Falco columbarius) 1 female sat in the top of the highest tree along the edge of the lagoon on 12 Nov. There were a few-weeks old remains of another female specimen under the same tree. It was probably shot by hunters who regularily visited the area. One specimen was flying over the lagoone at 9 a.m. 13 Nov. All the birds (Tringa flavipes, Himantopus mexicanus, etc.) flushed up from it. Phasianidae Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) L. Melián heard the voice of two specimens in the morning of 13 Nov. It is a resident species in small number in the dry part of the studied area covered by ruderal vegetation. Rallidae Common Gallinule (Gattinula chloropus) It is a common resident species in the lagoons. They are often sitting and climbing in the canopy of mangrove trees.