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Jan. 19. — At Newfound Harbor Key we found j'cllow palm warblers and a parula 

 warbler. Brown pelicans were fishing offshore and a belted kingfisher and a green heron 

 were along the edge, while a turkey vulture flew over. ^Ye next visited the little key north- 

 east of Newfound Harbor Key, where we had found the Louisiana herons breeding in 1918. 

 Brown pelicans and man-o'-war birds v\ere using this island as a roosting-place, and we also 

 saw a great white heron and a belted kingfisher. No less than 6 great white herons could 

 be seen standing in the shallow waters of the neighboring keys. 



Jan. 20. — At Bahia Honda Key we saw the following: brown pelican, turkey buzzard, 

 little sparrow hawk, j^ellow palm warbler, Florida ground dove, Bahama red-winged black- 

 birds, rubA'-throated hummer, killdeer, and a belted kingfisher. On Duck Key we found 2 

 great white herons, a brown pelican, a j-ellow palm vrarbler, one Savanna sparrow, and 2 

 grasshopper sparrows. 



Jan. 21. — ^We saw a red-throated loon off Indian Key, and on the key itself common 

 terns, roA'al terns, a broad-winged hawk, 2 Httle sparrow hawks, catbird, a pair of mocking- 

 birds, Florida cardinal, Florida yellow-throat, 3 spotted sandpipers, and a laughing gull. 

 At Tea Table Key, nearby, the Florida cardinal and mocking-bird were present. 



Jan 22. — At Porgee Key the following were noted: man-o'-war bird, brown pelican, 

 herring gull, laughing gull, royal tern, common tern, Louisiana heron, a small flock of 

 American egrets, a flock of more than 100 Florida double-crested cormorants, belted king- 

 fisher, mocking-bird, and Florida cardinal. In the afternoon at Piagged Keys and on the 

 first key north of Sands Key we saw a yellow-crowned night heron and a belted kingfisher. 



On our trip through Bay Biscajme to Miami a large flock of Florida cormorants was 

 noted; hkewise, brown pehcans, laughing gulls, herring gull, ring-billed gull, royal tern, and 

 common tern. 



I revisited Florida later in the season. With the use of the Darwin, a shallow-draft 

 launch, we cruised along the mainland of the lower peninsula, through Key Biscayne Bay, 

 Card Sound, Little Card Sound, and Barnes Sound, stopping at everj^ likely-looking sand- 

 spit. We then returned bj' way of the eastern edge of these bays, following the inside of the 

 outer keys back to Miami, stopping at inter\'als to explore the keys. An anchorage was 

 made for the Anton Dohrn at Indian Key, and from here we again set out with the Daruin 

 across the extensive flats of Florida Bay for Cape Sable. V^e explored the region about 

 Flamingo City and east of Flamingo City and made a trip inland to Coot Bay. 



May 2. — At IMiami we saw the following about the streets of the town: mocking-bird, 

 night hawk, Florida ground dove and red-bellied woodpecker; on Virginia Key, man-o'-war 

 bird, royal tern, Florida cormorant, Florida cardinal, Key West vireo, spotted sandpiper, 

 ruddy turnstone, and one redstart were recorded. 



May 3. — In leaving IMiami and passing out of the river, we saw a group of purple martins 

 flying about; also some royal terns and a couple of man-o'-war birds. At EUiott Beach we 

 noted a Florida cardinal and a Florida yellow-throat. At Key Biscayne Bay, on the outer 

 beach, we found a flock of pectoral sandpipers and a pair of semi-palmated plovers. About 

 4 p. m. we reached the drainage ditch leading to Homestead. We visited several ham- 

 mocks near the canal and obtained the following list: 1 black-crowned night heron, 6 spotted 

 sandpipers, 1 Florida ground dove, 7 Florida meadow larks, 3 kingbirds, 2 mocking-birds, 

 3 turkey buzzards, 9 Bahama red-winged blackbirds, and 1 Florida crow. 



We next headed for the Arsenicker Keys and found on the one off Mangrove Key a breed- 

 ing colony of Louisiana herons with probably 100 nests; there also seemed to be some breed- 

 ing Florida cormorants on this island; also a brovrn pelican and a man-o'-war bird roost, 

 containing over 100 brown pelicans, chiefly young birds, and about 50 man-o'-war 

 birds. The shallows which stretch for a considerable distance from the shore off this key 

 were occupied by large numbers of fishing brown pelicans and a single Ward's heron. At 

 twilight a pair of great white herons settled down on the flats and quite a number of brown 

 pelicans spent the night nearby. 



May 4- — At dawn manj^ brov,-n pelicans were present on the flats about us and a pair 

 of ospreys were fishing in the shallows. At the northern end of the mainland, in Card 

 Sound, we saw a pair of red-bellied woodpeckers and from here a pair of turkcA' buzzards 

 and some man-o'-war birds could be seen on wing, while royal terns were resting on the 

 shallows offshore, which were also tenanted by a great white heron and a pair of Ward's 

 herons. About one-third of the way down the sound we saw a broad-winged hawk. At 

 Card Point were Baham.a red-winged blackbirds and boat-tailed grackles; a few Florida 

 cormorants were seen in the sound. The stakes marking the entrance to Barnes Sound 

 supported about two dozen Florida cormorants, and some royal terns were flying about. 

 On Main Key we saw a prairie warbler and two Florida cardinals. About halfway between 



