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but not in winter ; and further, that it winters off 

 the mouth of the St. John River, Florida, in considerable 

 numbers.* A good many undoubtedly do not stop short 

 of the Gulf of Mexico, where Gannets are not uncommon 

 in winter, especially on the coast of Louisiana (" The 

 Auk," 1907, p. 316) as well as off Vera Cruz (Beebe's 

 "Bird-Lovers in Mexico," p. 381). One only is recorded 

 from Cuba.f 



* See " Contribvitions from The Charleston, S.C., Museum," No. 1, 

 1910, p. 10. 



t " Naumania," II., Part 2, 1852-.54. Professor W. Cooke has con- 

 tributed, through Mr. Chapman, three records of Gannets which have been 

 picked up inland, additional to those already given (page 33) — viz., one, 

 November 11th, 1880, Saratoga Lake, N.Y. (Merriam " Orn. and 

 Ool., " 1882, p. 96) ; one, December 10th, 1879, Canton, N.Y. (Lee, 

 " Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club," 1880 p. 190) ; one, Wainfleet, Ontario (Fleming, 

 " The Auk," 1908, p. 486). 



