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night, but I have seen them come on deck and pick up scraps while 

 the sailors were eating." 



Range -From Chesapeake Bay (Arundel-on-the-bay) to Tampico, 

 Mexico. 



Material examined. 



Arundel-on-the-bay. Chesapeake Bay, Maryland; on land near 

 brackish water; W. P. Hay; 1 male, 5 females (22158). 



Chesapeake Beach, Maryland: June 23, 1910; A. C. Weed and 

 W. W. Wallis; 1 male, 1 female (40268). June 28, 1911 ; C. R. Shoe- 

 maker and W. D. Appel; 3 males, 1 female (43033). 



Island Creek, Talbot County, Maryland; July 26, 1911; C. R. 

 Shoemaker and W. D. Appel; 1 male, 2 females (1 ovig.) (45531). 



Point Lookout, Maryland; Aug. 25, 1880; Wm. Palmer; 3 males, 



1 female (15098). 



Smiths Island, Northampton County, Virginia ; Wm. Palmer : 

 September, 1895; 1 male (18900). May 19, 1898; 1 male, 1 female 

 (21623). Dec. 24, 1898; one specimen from the beach; the others 

 from under roots and logs well up on the beach above high water; 

 "they make holes in the sand"; 3 males, 5 females (22330). 



Hampton, Virginia; June 28, 1892; Grampus; 20-4- specimens 

 (20117). 



Winyah Bay, South Carolina ; January, 1891 ; Fish Hawk; 7 speci- 

 mens (17491). 



Charleston Harbor, South Carolina ; Mar. 18, 1880 ; M. McDonald ; 



2 females (3160). 



West end Port Royal Island, South Carolina ; Jan. 27, 1891 ; Fish 

 Hawk; 1 specimen (17182). 



Morgan River, South Carolina ; around old palmetto tree ; Feb. 24 r 

 1891; Fish Hawk; 6 specimens (26138). 



St. Johns River, Florida; G. Brown Goode; 3 specimens (P. M. 

 Y. II). 



St. Augustine, Florida; H. S. Williams; 1 specimen (1022, 

 P. M. Y. U.). 



Mouth of Indian River, Florida; 1874; E. Palmer; 11 specimens 

 (P. M. Y. U.). 



Punta Rassa, Florida; mangrove swamp; February, 1884; H. 

 Hemphill; 17 males, 13 females (15072). 



Tampa Bay, Florida ; opposite Port Tampa ; shore ; Jan. 26, 1898 ; 

 Fish Hawk; 1 male, 4 females (26113). 



Cedar Keys, Florida ; December, 1883 ; H. Hemphill ; 32 males, 49 

 females (6413). 



St. Vincent Sound, Apalachicola, Florida; shore; Apr. 2, 1915; 

 Fish Hawk; 7 males, 5 females (49910). 



Pensacola, Florida; July, 1893; J. E. Benedict; 20+ specimens 

 (17923). 



