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reservations in the Gulf of St. LaAvrence, Bird Rocks, and Bonaven- 

 ture. 



Whiter range. — North Atlantic coasts. On the American side 

 rarely from Massachusetts (Cape Cod) regularly from Virginia, 

 mainly at sea, south to Cuba, the Gulf of Mexico, and Mexico (Vera 

 Cruz). South on the other side to the Azores, Canary Islands, and 

 Africa (Morocco). 



Spring inlgration. — Mainly off shore. Early dates of arrival 

 (north of Cape Cod, where it may winter) : Massachusetts, Lynn, 

 April 8; Nova Scotia, Pictou, April 20. Late dates of departure: 

 Cuba, Cape San Antonio, May 20; Florida, Ormond, March 31; Vir- 

 ginia, Smith's Island, May; New York, Long Island, May 25; Rhode 

 Island, Block Island, May 16; Massachusetts, Essex County, May 18 

 (latest June 7). 



Fall inlgration. — Early dates of arrival : Massachusetts, Essex 

 County, August 28 ; Rhode Island, September 10 ; Block Island, Oc- 

 tober 4; New York, Montauk Point, October 5. 



Casual records. — Accidental inland, mainly near the Great Lakes, 

 as far north and west as Ontario (Toronto, December 19, 1908, and 

 Ottawa, October 14, 1909), Indiana (Michigan City, November, 1901) 

 and Michigan (Ann Arbor, October 18, 1911). Recorded on the 

 Labrador coast at 65° north, and in Greenland. Occasional on 

 Louisiana coast (Rigolets, December 9, 1886). 



Egg dates. — Gulf of St. Lawrence : Twenty records, June 4 to July 

 25 ; 10 records, June 16 to July 1. British Isles : Sixteen records. May 

 9 to June 11 ; eight records, May 18 to June 7. 



Family ANHINGIDAE, Darters. 



ANHINGA ANHINGA (Linnaeus). 

 WATER-TURKEY. 



HABITS. 



In the swamps and marshy lakes of Florida, Avhere the shores are 

 overgrown with rank vegetation and the stately cypress trees are 

 draped with long festoons of Spanish moss, or in the sluggish streams, 

 half choked with water hyacinths, " bonnets " and " water lettuce," 

 where the deadly mocassin lurks concealed in the dense vegetation, 

 where the gayly colored purple gallinules patter over the lily pads 

 and where the beautiful snowy herons and many others of their tribe 

 flourish in their native solitudes, there may we look for these curious 

 birds. Wo may expect to find them sitting quietly, in little groups, 

 in the tops of some clump of willows on the marshy shore or on the 

 branches of some larger trees overhanging the water, with their long 

 necks stretched upwards in an attitude of inquiry or held in graceful 

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