Jamaica Collection (#36)

NEW YORK: QUEENS, 1841. The central part of Jamaica Village, Queens County, New York: wood engraving, American, 1841

COLUMBUS: JAMAICA, 1504. The inhabitants of Jamaica astonished by the eclipse of the moon predicted, with the aid of an almanac, by Christopher Columbus for the last night of February 1504

EDWARD J. EYRE (1815-1901). English explorer and colonial governor. Clapperton at the age of 52, shortly after his recall as the governor of Jamaica. Wood engraving, English, 1867

View down over cultivated lower slopes of mountain, Blue Mountains, Jamaica, march

Black-throated Blue Warbler (Dendroica caerulescens) adult male, perched on branch, Port Antonio, Jamaica, march

Jamaican Pewee (Contopus pallidus) adult, perched on branch, Blue Mountains, Jamaica, march

Gold Rim Swallowtail (Battus polydamas jamaicensis) adult, sunning on leaf, Linstead, Jamaica, april

View of road through prime forest habitat, with rain clouds moving down mountain, Blue Mountains N. P
View of road through prime forest habitat, with rain clouds moving down mountain, Blue Mountains N.P. Blue Mountains, Jamaica, march

Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo (Coccyzus pluvialis) adult, perched on branch, Port Antonio, Jamaica, april

Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia eoa) adult male, with overgrown beak tips crossing, perched on bare bush, Hellshire Hills, Jamaica, april

Ackee (Blighia sapida) close-up of fruit and leaves, Freedom, Jamaica, march

Prairie Warbler (Dendroica discolor discolor) adult male, perched on branch, Port Antonio, Jamaica, march

Jamaican Euphonia (Euphonia jamaica) adult male, perched on twig, Port Antonio, Jamaica, april

View of dry thorn scrub habitat, subtropical dry forest in arid south of island, Hellshire Hills, Jamaica, april

Jamaican Brown Anole (Anolis lineatopus) adult male, with partially extended dewlap, resting on stick, Linstead, Jamaica, march

Grey Kingbird (Tyrannus dominicensis dominicensis) adult, perched on overhead powerline, Linstead, Jamaica, april

Bahama Mockingbird (Mimus gundlachii hillii) adult, perched on cactus, Hellshire Hills, Jamaica, april

American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) adult female, perched on twig, Linstead, Jamaica, april

Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos orpheus) immature, perched on branch, Hope Gardens, Jamaica, april

Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus cerceris) two immatures, feeding on waterlily flower, Hope Gardens, Jamaica, april

Jamaican Owl (Pseudoscops grammicus) adult, perched in vegetation, Port Antonio, Jamaica, march

Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla furvivor) adult, standing on ground, Port Antonio, Jamaica, april

Greater Antillean Grackle (Quiscalus niger crassirostris) adult, preening, perched on branch, Linstead, Jamaica, april

Green Heron (Butorides virescens virescens) adult, hunting, standing on waterlily leaves, Hope Gardens, Jamaica, april

Jamaican Elaenia (Myiopagis cotta) adult, perched on branch, Blue Mountains, Jamaica, march

Jamaican Crow (Corvus jamaicensis) adult, calling, perched in coconut palm, Linstead, Jamaica, march

Jamaican Blackbird (Nesopsar nigerrimus) adult, perched on branch, Ecclesdown Road, Jamaica, march

Blue Mountain Vireo (Vireo osburni) adult, perched on stem, Blue Mountains, Jamaica, march

Black-whiskered Vireo (Vireo altiloquus altiloquus) adult, perched on twig, Port Antonio, Jamaica, april

Black-billed Streamertail (Trochilus scitulus) subadult male (with shorter tail), perched on post, Port Antonio, Jamaica, march

Black-billed Amazon Parrot (Amazona agilis) adult pair, perched on branch, Ecclesdown Road, Jamaica, march

Yellow-billed Amazon Parrot (Amazona collaria) adult, perched on branch, Hope Gardens, Jamaica, april

White-eyed Thrush (Turdus jamaicensis) adult, perched on branch, Port Antonio, Jamaica, april

Stolid Flycatcher (Myiarchus stolidus stolidus) adult, perched in thorn bush, Hellshire Hills, Jamaica, april

Rufous-tailed Flycatcher (Myiarchus validus) adult, perched on branch, Ecclesdown Road, Jamaica, march

Jamaican Becard (Pachyramphus niger) adult male, perched in tree, Blue Mountains, Jamaica, march

Ring-tailed Pigeon (Patagioenas caribaea) adult, perched on fruiting tree, Port Antonio, Jamaica, april

Northern Parula (Parula americana) adult male, feeding on insects, Port Antonio, Jamaica, march

Loggerhead Kingbird (Tyrannus caudifasciatus jamaicensis) adult, perched in treetop, Linstead, Jamaica, april

American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) adult female, perched on railings in urban area, Linstead, Jamaica, march

Snowy Egret (Egretta thula brewsteri) adult, breeding plumage, walking on waterlilly pads, Hope Gardens, Jamaica, april

Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis ibis) adult, perched on palm frond, Hope Gardens, Jamaica, april

Arrowhead Warbler (Dendroica pharetra) adult, perched on twig, Blue Mountains, Jamaica, march

Greater Antillean Bullfinch (Loxigilla violacea ruficollis) adult male, feeding on fruit, perched on branch, Port Antonio, Jamaica, april

Jamaican Stripe-headed Tanager (Spindalis nigricephala) adult male, perched on twig, Port Antonio, Jamaica, march

Jamaican Tody (Todus todus) adult, perched on twig, Blue Mountains, Jamaica, march

Jamaican Woodpecker (Melanerpes radiolatus) adult male, feeding on fruit in palm tree, Port Antonio, Jamaica, march

White-chinned Thrush (Turdus aurantius) adult, perched on branch, Port Antonio, Jamaica, april

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