24 MEMOIRS OF THE NUTTALL ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB 



do not seem to adapt themselves to the 'bonnet beds' and dense fields of 

 water hyacinth and lettuce, the way the Masked and Ruddy Ducks have 

 done. They apparently prefer open water. While I was at Lake 

 Ariguanabo with Lord William Percy in January, 1920, we saw several 

 downy young. Gundlach called attention to the fact that Grebes in Cuba 

 nest at very various times. 



3. Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl). 

 Wilson's Petrel; Pampero. 



Gundlach saw some Petrels, which he fed in the wake of a schooner, 

 with cut bits of dolphin (Coryphaena). He fails, however, to say how 

 near the Cuban coast these birds really were. I never have seen any Petrels 

 on my very many journeys about the coast or between Key West and 

 Havana. So far I have looked in vain for the Black-capped Petrel, observed 

 by several naturalists recently in waters not far from the Florida Strait. 



4. Puffinus Iherminieri Iherminieri Lesson. 

 Audubon's Shearwater; Pampero. 



There is no evidence that Audubon's Shearwater breeds about the 

 Cuban coast, as it does in the Bahamas. It is often seen off shore, and 

 frequently has been found inland after hurricanes. 



5. Phaethon lepturus catesbyi Brandt. 

 Tropic Bird; Rabijunco. 



In 191 3 I visited Cabo Cruz, and found the breeding colony of this 

 species which Gundlach recorded, still in existence. It appears to be the 

 only one in Cuba. In the spring of 1922, while sailing past the Farallones 

 de Maisi, I observed a single pair flying toward the shore. 



