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a result of this merciless persecution during the season of repro- 

 duction, the early extinction in Florida of both these species is 

 assured. 



Several days were spent in cruising on the " Gloria " among 

 the Florida Keys, collecting marine and terrestrial invertebrates. 

 The insect fauna peculiar to the mangrove thickets that cover the 

 island was investigated whenever it was convenient to land. The 



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STAR FISH— A HALF HOUR'S COLLECTING AT ANDROS ISLAND, BAHAMAS 



ants, especially, proved to be of great interest, since they have 

 been compelled in these regions to adapt themselves to an arbo- 

 real life; living in the hollow dead twigs of the mangroves and 

 between the bud scales of the singular epiphytic Tillandsias. 



May 9 the schooner returned to Miami and thence started for 

 the Bahamas. It reached the northern end of Andros Island 

 May 1 2 . From this date till June 30 the work of the expedition 

 was confined to Andros and New Providence Islands and the 

 adjacent keys of the Bahama group. 



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