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Comparatively Rare Species at 



Coronado, Florida. 



(From notes taken during 1907, 1908, 



1909 and 1910.) 

 Loon, Dec, 1907: Jan. 30, 1910. 



The one in 1907, was wounded by a 

 fisherman, with his rod, and then 

 captured and given to me. In 1910 

 I saw two just outside the breakers 

 in the ocean, and one specimen, shot 

 somewhere out at sea washed 

 ashore. 

 Long Tailed Jaeger, Apr. 11, 1910. 

 Black Tern, Aug. 15, and Oct. 18, 1910. 

 One seen in August, and several 

 during the last gale. 

 Audubon Shearwater, Aug. 9, 1909. 



Nearly dead, when picked up af- 

 ter a big blow. 

 Man O' War Bird, July 3, 1909. 



Three seen during a big storm. 

 American Merganser, Nov., 1907. 

 Harlequin Duck, Nov. 18, 1910. 



Two females on the Indian River. 

 White Ibis, .luly and August, 1908. 



A small flock of immatures in the 

 slat-marsh. 

 Virginia Rail, Oct. 18, 1910. 



Killed during the recent hurri- 

 cane. 

 Dowitcher, Sept. 24, 1910. 

 Greater Yellow Legs, Sept. 27,. 1909. 

 Found after a storm, with large 

 wound in the breast. 

 American Golden Plover, Sept. 24, 1910. 

 Broad Winged Hawk, Dec. 30, 1908. 

 Audubon Caracara, Oct. 1, 1910. 

 Great Horned Owl, June 1907. Oct. 22, 

 1910. 



One shot in 1907. 

 Southern Downy Woodpecker, Aug. 30, 



1908. 

 Pileated Woodpecker, Apr. 23, 1910. 

 Cowbird, Sept. 13, 1910. 

 One female only. 



Dusky Seaside Sparrow, June, July, 

 1908; Sept., 1909, Oct. 1910. 



Mr. Chapman, in the May-June 

 "Bird Lore" 1910, says of this spar- 

 row that it "has never been seen, 

 he believes, north of the Handover 

 Canal." Coronado is but three miles 

 from Mosquito Inlet, and as I not- 

 ed, I have seen them here in the 

 salt-marshes, several times. 

 Cliff Swallow, Sept. 22, 1910. 

 Worm Eating Warbler, Aug. 30, and 



Sept. 10, 190S, May 9, 1910. 

 Magnolia Warbler, Oct. 15, 1910. 

 Black Throated Green Warbler, May, 



1908: Oct. 20, 1910. 

 Blackburnian Warbler, Sept. 25, 1910. 



Two females. 

 Carolina Chickadee, June 5, 1910. 



The mile of water and march, which 

 separates this island from the main- 

 land, seems to keep all Red-headed 

 Woodpeckers and Quail, and practical- 

 ly all Blue Jays away, and therefore 

 the rarity of Audubon Caracaras Dow- 

 ny Woodpeckers, and Carolina Chick- 

 adees may be ascribed to this same 

 barrier. Peculiarly also Mocking 

 birds, though represented here all the 

 months of the year, never in my ob- 

 servation, have nested this side of the 

 river, and White-winged Doves and 

 Mourning Doves are only here for a 

 few weeks in the Fall. 



R. J. Longstreet. 



A CUBAN CORRECTION. 



"In THE OOLOGIST of April 15, 

 1910, you put me down as T found a 

 nest of Spindalis petrel refered to by 

 Mr. Read as the Isle of Pines, Trogon, 

 etc' Now I do not wish to go down 

 as confounding Spindalis petrel, a Tan- 

 ager, with Priotelus temnurus, a Tro- 

 gon, and hence correct the same my- 

 self. 



"Again in speaking of the Ruddy 

 Quail Dove, there is a misspelling of 

 the local name of the Western end of 

 our Island, which should be 'Boyero,' 

 and not 'Boneys,' as it is spelled in the 

 article referred to." 



CHARLES T. RAMSDEN. 



The Woodpeckers. 



We would appreciate it if our read- 

 ers would forward to us any and all 

 readable notes that they have relat- 

 ing to this interesting family of birds. 



