Bones of birds collected by Theodoor de Booy from kitchen midden deposits in the islands of St. Thomas and St. Croix

The presence of avian remains in the ancient refuse heaps that mark aboriginal camp or village sites is always of interest to ornithologists.Such fragments may represent species still extant, or, more seldom, may reveal forms less fortunate in the struggle for existence, that have been exterminated, leaving these parts of skeletons, disarticulated or broken, as the only indications of their former existence.Recently the vs^riter has had the privilege of examining a collection of bird bones secured by Mr. Theodoor de Booy for the Museum of the