AKr.'lO BIRDS OF PINCHOT EXPEDITION FISHER AND WETMORE 3 



season contained only pools in the deeper depressions. The ship 

 was at Old Providence three days, but birds were collected mainly 

 on April 23 and 24. 



St. Andrews, another coral uplift, was visited on April 27; dur- 

 ing the few hours devoted to collecting only 10 species of birds were 

 seen, and 6 of these were obtained. 



SULA LEUCOGASTRA LEUCOGASTRA (Boddaert) 



Brown booby 



Pelecanus leucogaster Boddaert, Tabl. Planch. Enl., 1783, p. 57. (Cayenne.) 



Often seen on the wing away from land. A good-sized colony 

 of breeding birds was found on Little Swan Island, April 20, with 

 young of different stages of development. 



SULA PISCATOR (Linnaeus) 



Red-footed booby 



Pelecanus piscator Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, 1758, p. 134. (Java 

 Seas.) 



A common breeding bird on Little Swan Island, where young of 

 different stages of growth were observed on April 19 and 20. Seen 

 at various times in flight over the sea. 



FREGATA MAGNIFICENS Mathews 



Frigate bird, man-o'-war bird 



Fregata minor magnificens Mathews, Austr. Av. Rec, vol. 2, December 19, 

 1914, p. 120. (Barrington Island, Galapagos Archipelago.) 



There was a large breeding colony on Little Swan Island, April 

 19 and 20, where the birds were seen in flight on various occasions. 



ARDEA HERODIAS Linnaeus 



Great blue heron 



Ardea herodias Linnaeus, Syst, Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, 1758, p. 143. (Hudson 

 Bay.) 



One was seen at the narrow rift between Little Swan and Big 

 Swan Islands. 



FLORIDA CAERULEA CAERULESCENS (Latham) 



Little blue heron 

 Ardea caerulescens Latham, Index Orn., vol. 2, 1790, p. 690. (Cayenne.) 



At Grand Cayman a native woman killed one with a stick, but 

 when secured the bird was not in condition for a specimen. At St. 

 Andrews Island one in white phase of plumage was seen near an 

 island pond which was nearly dry. 



