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region too. Several resident species that a traveler not more 

 than a decade ago would have found perhaps in comparative 

 abundance are to-day missing, some of them forever : the 

 Ivory-billed Woodpecker, the Parrakeet, the Roseate Spoon- 

 bill and the Limpkin. The Egrets, both the large and the 

 little Snowy, the Swallow-tailed and Everglade Kites and the 

 Sandhill Crane will follow too before many years. The drain- 

 age of the Everglades is also playing its part in the bird-life 

 of this region. The water-birds, unable to accommodate them- 

 selves to the changing conditions, are seeking new haunts, 

 and with their passing is coming a rapid influx of the small 

 land-birds, such as the Florida Cardinal, Mockingbird, Flor- 

 ida Yellowthroat, White-eyed Towhee, Florida Wren. Ground 

 Dove and Florida Blue Jay. 



1. Podilymhus podiceps. Pied-billed Grebe. Common both along 

 the river and on the lakes. A flock of about 40 was seen on Lake 

 Hicopochee March 6th. 



2. Gama irrnner. Loon. One bird was seen on Lake Okeecho- 

 bee March 8th. 



3. Lwrus argentatus. Herring Gnll. Quite common on the river 

 from Fort Myers to the Gulf, and on Lake Okeechobee as well. 



4. Lams atriciUa. Laughing Gull. Abundant on the lower river. 

 Noted occasionally on the lakes. 



5. Sterna, maxima. Royal Tern. A few were seen about the 

 river mouth March 2d. 



6. AnMnga anhinga. Water Turkey. Common and usually ob- 

 served many times each day. It is often seen on some limb or 

 stump at the water's edge, with wings wide spread, enjoying a sun 

 bath. 



7. Phalacrocorax aurltus floridamis. Florida Cormorant. Noted 

 occasionally on the lower river. At Lake Okeechobee these birds 

 are quite abundant and nesting at this season. The fishermen, 

 however, are rapidly decreasing their numbers, using them, wher- 

 ever there is a rookery handy, to bait their hooks. 



8. Pelecaniis ey-ytlirorlrynclios. White Pelican. Four birds were 

 seen flying high overhead on Pine Island March 2d and presum- 

 ably the same four over Sanibel in the afternoon. 



9. Pelecaniis occidentalis. Brown Pelican. Very common on 

 the lower river and about the docks at Fort Myers. 



10. Anas fulvigula fnlvigula. Florida Duck. Four birds were 

 seen at Lake Hicopochee March 6th. 



