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Flat Point and Bay Point we met the following: bald eagle, white-eyed towhee, Key West 

 vireo, Cape May warbler, southern parula warbler, black-poll warbler, and kingbird. On 

 a line of keys which make out into the bay from the point of Cross Key, we found about 

 200 man-o'-war birds and probably 500 pairs of Louisiana herons; also a pair of anhingas 

 breeding, the nest containing two 3'oung just hatched and two eggs about ready to emit 

 their chicks. At Peacon place, on Key Largo, we saw redstarts, Florida ground doves, 

 Florida cardinals, and Cape May warblers. 



May 5. — Our first stop was at Scott's place, on Key Largo, about half a mile below 

 Pumpkin Kej', where we found a Florida red-shouldered hawk nesting, gray kingbird. Key 

 West vireo, redstarts, red-bellied woodpecker and Florida cardinals. 



Our next stop on Key Largo was about halfway between Pumpkin Key and Angel Fish 

 Creek. Here we found Florida cardinals, yellow-belhed woodpeckers, and Key West vireos. 



Palo Alto Key was next visited, and we noted a Florida crow, Key West vireo, Florida 

 cardinal, and red-bellied woodpecker. 



May 6. — At dawn we stopped at Totten's Key, where we found a Florida screech owl 

 with a brood of young in a low cavity; also. Key West vireos, Florida cardinals, an oven- 

 bird, gray kingbirds, and a Florida crow. At Porgee Key we saw a redstart. Key West 

 vireo, and Florida cardinal. On Old Roads Key we saw Florida cardinals and Key West 

 vireos. At Sands Key we found prairie warblers. Key West vireos, and Florida cardinals. 



May 7. — We left Miami with the Anton Dohrn and came to anchor off Rodriguez. Dur- 

 ing our trip through Hawk Channel we saw only a few man-o'-war birds. 



May S. — We steamed for Indian Key about daybreak and came to anchor off that key 

 at 10 a. m. At 11 a. m. we set out for Cape Sable in the Darwin. Some turkey vultures 

 were observed and a couple of least terns. The flat between the viaduct and Sands Key, off 

 Cape Sable, showed only an occasional Florida cormorant, man-o'-war bird, or laughing gull. 

 On the extensive flats lying off this island two great white herons were visible, and about 

 20 brown pelicans, quite a number of Florida cormorants, and some man-o'-war birds, the 

 latter on wing. On the key itself we found prairie warblers, Florida yellow-throats, black- 

 poll warblers, a pair of Florida great crested fly-catchers, and a grasshopper sparrow. I 

 was told that a pair of flamingoes had been shot on the flat this spring and that in the days 

 gone by it was not uncommon for flamingoes to come over onto the Florida flats from the 

 Bahamas in the morning and to return to the Bahamas at night, after a day's feeding in 

 the shallows. Opposite Flamingo are several keys which are used as roosting-places by 

 white ibises and various species of herons. 



May 9. — We were on shore shortly after daylight. Florida meadow larks and Bahama 

 red-winged blackbirds are the chief birds, although we also flushed several grasshopper 

 sparrows and I saw 6 swallow-tailed kites in the air at one time, a larger number than I have 

 previously seen. About 10 a. m. we set out for Coot Bay, which contained a few scattered 

 waterfowl. The following is a list of birds seen between Flamingo and Coot Bay: American 

 egret, snowy egret, Louisiana heron, Florida cormorant, Florida cardinal, gray kingbird, 

 red-belhed woodpecker, Florida crow, Florida ground dove. Key West vireo, everglade 

 kite, Bahama red-winged blackbird, ruby-throated hummer, spotted sandpiper, boat- 

 tailed grackles, grasshopper sparrows, Florida pileated woodpecker, Florida red-shouldered 

 hawk, bald eagle, osprey, great white heron, brown pelican, white ibis, Florida j-ellow- 

 throat, and swallow-tailed kite. We also saw two nests of the latter bird, both of which we 

 examined and found empty. They are rather different from the usual raptor's nest, being 

 more compact and much more elevated and inverted conic in outline than any other hawk 

 nest that 1 have examined. 



May 10. — We left Flamingo City shortly after daylight on May 10. Our first stop was 

 at the East Cape Club House. The birds seen were Florida crow, turkey buzzard, brown 

 pelican, Bahama red- winged blackbirds, Florida meadow lark, Ward's heron, and American 

 egret. We next rounded East Cape, and here again put ashore. Fringing the shore between 

 East Cape and Middle Cape, we saw the red-bellied woodpecker. Key West vireos could 

 be heard everywhere, and this bird and the Florida cardinal appeared to be of about equal 

 abundance. Florida crows were also quite common and occasionally a Florida ground dove 

 was flushed, and in one instance we found a nest containing two young. Along the shore 

 an occasional spotted sandpiper would keep pace with our advance for some distance. Off 

 Sands Kfty we found a remarkable flight of Florida yellow-throats. There were literally 

 thousands of these birds of both sexes. I have never before seen so many individuals of a 

 species gathered together in such a compact space. Mixed in with these we found a few 

 black-poll warblers, prairie warblers, and redstarts; also a few Key West vireos and a pair 

 of gray kingbirds, while offshore a couple of royal terns and laughing gulls, some man-o'-war 



