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portions, and there seemed to me to be an unusual variety. Besides 

 many that were unknown to me, I noticed Logwood, West Indian 

 "Birch," Guiaicum, Acacia, Tamarind, and Manchineel. Various 

 kinds of Cactus grow on the lower slopes and on the smaller islets, 

 and there is a great profusion of flowering bushes and even flowering 

 plants. Wild cotton grows in abundance. * * * Geologically 

 they consist of masses of coarse-grained granite (hornblende), enor- 

 mous fragments of which, much weathered, may be seen here and 

 there among the surrounding vegetation." (Ibis, 1909, p. 312.) 

 Both Mr. Ferry and Mr. Lowe comment upon the unusual abundance 

 of butterflies. 



ORNITHOLOGICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



1908. LOWE, P. R. Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, Vol. XXI, 1908, p. 108 



(Description of Coereba laurce). 



1909. LOWE, P. R. Notes on some Birds collected during a Cruise 



in the Caribbean Sea. Ibis, 1909, p. 312. 



Family Pelecanidse. 



Pelecanus occidentalis Linn. 



Brown Pelecans were seen by Mr. Ferry, but none were taken. 



Family Sulidae. 



Sula leucogastra (Bodd.}. 



Sula sula Lowe, Ibis, 1909, p. 315. 



Found breeding by Mr. Lowe on the smaller islands in large num- 

 bers (1. c.) ; also noted by Mr. Ferry, but no specimens were taken. 



Sula piscator (Linn.}. 



Mr. Lowe found this Gannet breeding on the smaller islands of 

 the group. (Ibis, 1909, p. 316.) It was also noted by Mr. Ferry. 



Family Fregatidae. 



Fregata aquila (Linn.}. 



Mr. Ferry found this species common, but no specimens were 

 taken. At the time of Mr. Lowe's visit to these islands he found it 

 breeding in large numbers. 



