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had succeeded in getting. We were told that had we landed at Pom- 

 pc>' Bay and hunted from that point southward our chances for ob- 

 taining a hirger number wouhi have been much better, with much less 

 of the hard traveling, of which one who has never been across country 

 in the Bahamas cannot realize what even a few miles means. 



59. Crotophaga ani Linnanis. Am. 



New Providence, *Acklin Island, W'atlings Island, Anrlros. Abaco. 

 Not uncommon, and generally distributed. 



60. Saurothera bahamensis bahamensis Bryant. Nassau Lizard 



Cuckoo. 



New Providence. 



Not uncommon in the high coppet or thicket, but, for so large a 

 bird, very difificult to obtain, or even observe. Uttering its call only 

 at quite long intervals, and with every facility for keeping well con- 

 cealed, it is much more numerous than would at first be supposed. 

 We were fortunate in securing six specimens, none of them very far 

 from our bungalow in the Blue Hills. 



61. Saurothera bahamensis andria Miller. Andros Lizard Cuckoo. 

 Andros. 



Much less common than the New Providence bird, and its call 

 more seldom uttered. Only one was taken, in dense thicket back of 

 Staniard Creek. Others were heard, but it proved impossible to 

 get within sight. 



62. Coccyzus minor maynardi Ridgway. Maynard Cuckoo. 

 Great Inagua, *Acklin Island, Watlings Island, *Abaco. 



Our first specimen w^as taken February 19, in thick, low coppet 

 just outside of Mathewtow^n. It was not uncommon on Watlings 

 Island, and five specimens were taken at Spencer's Point, Abaco, 

 early in May. Inhabiting as it does the thickest coppet, it would 

 seldom be found were it not for its betraying notes. 



63. Ceryle alcyon (Linnaus). Belted Kingfisher. 

 *Great Inagua, *Acklin Island, *Watlings Island. 

 Not common. 



64. Dryobates villosus maynardi Ridgway. Bahama Hairy Wood- 



pecker. 

 New Providence. 



Not uncommon on this island, but not found outside of the pine 

 barrens so far as our observations went. 



