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since they flew past several times there can be no mistake as to their 

 identity. Three or four more were observed at daybreak on May 16, 

 when we were offshore a short distance below Cabo Mongon on the 

 southeastern coast of the Barahona Peniusula. We made careful 

 search for these birds among the stones of the northern headlands of 

 Beata and also on offshore rocks but failed to find them. It is quite 

 probable that there is a colony on Alta Vela Island, as the birds seen 

 came from the southward. The records are of particular interest in 

 view of the little that is known concerning this species in this area. 



It may be further noted that Audubon's shearwater was recorded 

 on March 21 near Watlings and Fortune Islands, and again on May 

 28 opposite Great Inagua, in the Bahamas. 



Order PELECANIFORMES 

 Family PHAETHONTIDAE, Tropic-birds 



PHAETHON LEPTURUS CATESBYI Brandt 



Yellow-billed Tropic-bird 



Phaethon Catesbyi Brandt, Bull. Sci. I'Acad. Imp. Sci. St. P6tersbourg, vol. 4, 

 1838, p. 98 (Bermuda). 



About the rocky headlands of lie a Vache tropic-birds were ob- 

 served from April 28 to 30, particularly at one point on the western 

 end of the island. It appeared that they were preparing to nest in 

 crevices in the rocks, but we could discover no eggs. Several times 

 they were observed flying in pairs over the sea, and single birds or 

 Uttle groups returned constantly to hover before the cliffs. Two 

 adult females were collected on April 30. A few were seen about 

 Raquette Cay at the eastern side of the entrance to Feret Bay. The 

 Haitian fishermen called this bird gannet. 



On May 10, along the eastern coast of the Barahona Peninsula, 

 tropic-birds were recorded flying about rocky headlands between 

 Paradis and Enriquillo. One was observed on May 14 at Beata 

 Island. 



Family PELECANIDAE, Pelicans 



PELECANUS OCCIDENTALIS OCCIDENTALIS Linnaeus 



West Indian Brown Pelican 



Pelecanus Onocrotalus /3 occidentalis Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, 

 p. 215 (Jamaica). 



One pelican was seen in the harbor at Port-au-Prince on March 

 22, two were observed over old Fort La Bouque at the entrance to 

 Fort Liberte Bay on March 29, and another in the bay at Terrier 

 Rouge, Haiti, on March 30. Around lie k Vache they were fairly 

 common from April 28 to 30. At Ocrik on the north shore of Beata 



