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Meyers and Piinta Gorda. Not com- 

 mon. 



3. A. O. U. No. 80. Rynchops nigra- 

 black Skimmer. Quite a number seen 

 at Clearwater, near Tampa, July 1922. 



4. A. O. U. No. 118. Anhinga anhin- 

 ga, Water Turkey. First seen (two 

 specimen) Oct. 18, 1921, July 16, 1922 

 while motoring from Tampa to Ar- 

 cadia in a shallow pool by a phosphate 

 mine near Mulberry, Flordia. We tjaw 

 four anhingas, two were in the water 

 with only their heads and a length of 

 neck showing snake-like and other 

 two were perched on some old piles 

 evidently drying their feathers after a 

 prolonged immersion, for they sat 

 motionless with extended wings and 

 spread tails. We stopped beside one 

 of the latter that was near the road 

 perhaps ten yards from us, and 

 watched it for some time, at length 

 wishing to see it in flight with some 

 difficulty we flushed the bird, but it 

 flew only a few yards squawking a 

 protest at being disturbed, then in- 

 considerately flopped into the water 

 and disappeared after a few moments. 

 However, its head appeared above 

 water; then some of its neck. By its 

 motions we could tell that it was walk- 

 ing on the bottom of the pool with its 

 body submerged and head and neck 

 sticking out. 



5. A. O. U. No. 120a. Phalacrocorax 

 auritus ciccinatus, Florida Cormorant. 

 This species seen at Punta Gorda 

 April 1921 and Tampa July 1922. 



6. A. O. U. No. 125. Pelecanus 

 erythrorynchos, White Pelican. Quite 

 common along the coast. 



7. A. O. U. No. 126. Pelecanus oc- 

 cidentalis, Brown Pelican. Quite com- 

 mon along the coast, but not so tamo 

 as the White. 



8. A. O. U. No. 128. Fregata aquila, 

 Man-o'-war-bird. First seen May .30 

 1921. Afterward seen in large num- 

 bers at Crescent Beach near Fort 



Meyers. I saw this bird do a tailspin 

 in approved airplane fashion. 



9. A. O. U. No. 134a. Anas fulvigula 

 «iaculosa, Florida Duck, resident May 

 14, 1921. The enlisted men of the 

 Medical Department at the Field cap- 

 tured flve downy young of this species 

 in one of the drain ditches on the 

 Field. 



10. A. O. U. No. 139. Nettion caro- 

 linense. Green-winged Teal. Quite 

 common in fall migration. 



11. A. O. U. No. 143. Daflla acuta. 

 Pintail. Common in migration. 



12. A. O. U. No. 144. Aix Sponsa, 

 Wood Duck. A pair of these beautiful 

 Ducks were killed near the Field by a 

 local hunter in the winter of 1921-22. 



13. A. O. U. No. 148. Marila marila, 

 Scaup Duck. Many seen at all times 

 of the year at Punta Gorda. 



14. A. O. U. No. 184. Guara Alba, 

 White Ibis. Many seen. 



15. A. O. U. No. 188. Mycteria 

 Americana, Wood Ibis. Often seen. A 

 huge flock seen near Lake Okechobee, 

 Dec. 1920. 



16. A. O. U. No. 190. Botaurus len- 

 tiginosus, Bittern. Often seen. 



17. A. O. U. No. 191. Ixobrychus 

 exilis. Least Bittern. One seen April 

 1922. 



18. A. O. U. No. 194b. Ardea 

 herodias Wardii. Ward's Heron. Very 

 common. 



19. A. O. U. No. 199. Herodias 

 Egretta, Egret. Few seen at intervals. 



20. A. O. U. No. 199. Hydranassa 

 tricolor ruficollis, Louisiana Heron. 

 Often seen. 



21. A. O. U. No. 200. Florida 

 caerulea, Little Blue Heron. Common. 



22. A. O. U. No. 201. Butorides 

 virescens virescens, Green Heron. 

 Many seen especially in the late sum- 

 mer. 



23. A. O. U. No. 202. Nycticorax 

 nycticorax naevius, Black-crowned 

 Night Heron. Common about all the 



