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6. Sula leucogastra leucogastra (Boddaert). 

 Booby; Pajaro Bobo. 



A few Boobies nested formerly, according to Gundlach, on Cayo Mono 

 Grande. I have seen none about Cardenas recently. There is, however, 

 a large nesting colony on Cayo Piedras, in the Ensenada de Cochinos, 

 where Brooks and I secured several specimens on our visit to Caleta Rosario 

 on the Ensenada. 



7. Sula sula sula (Linne). 

 White Booby; Pajaro Bobo. 



I have but seldom seen White Boobies off the Cuban coast. Gundlach 

 apparently saw them too often to cause much comment. He never secured 

 specimens except once after a cyclone, when some were blown inland to 

 Camarioca. 



8. Phalacrocorax auritus floridanus (Audubon). 

 Florida Cormorant; Corua. 



This is the Cormorant that sits on every buoy about the Cuban coast. 

 It is the most characteristic water bird seen on coasting trips among the 

 cays or from Bataban6 to Nueva Gerona in the Isle of Pines. The nests 

 are almost always in the mangroves, in colonies, and eggs have been found 

 from June into September. 



