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resentment rather than fear. One could walk among them as one would through 

 a poultry }ard, examining the nests and their occupants without attempt at con- 

 cealment. 



The Man-o'-war Birds were more suspicious, but still were approached 

 without difficulty. Under these circumstances photographs and specimens were 



CYPRESSES IX WHICH WHITE EGRETS WERE NESTING 



The blind from which the birds were studied may be seen in the upper right-hand 



corner of the picture 



easily secured, and at the end of three days satisfactory material was collected 

 for the proposed group. A much larger period would be required to make ade- 

 quate studies of the life of this bird community. Cay Verde was left April 1 1, and, 

 after encountering the usual unfavorable conditions and some mishaps, we arrived 

 at Miami April 29. 



It being now too late to do the work planned for southern Florida. I pro- 



