COLLECTING IN FLORIDA AND THE BAHAMAS 



In the Bahamas, Mr. Chapman's search for birds was very 

 successful, and a detailed report of the hunt for nesting Flamin- 

 goes, their discovery, and the subsequent study of their before 

 almost unknown home-life will appear later. In due season it is 

 proposed to exhibit a large group of these remarkable birds fully 

 illustrating their nesting habits. 



The offer of a small reward in the local Nassau newspaper 

 caused a large part of the idle population of New Providence to 



CORALS AND SEA FANS— AN HOUR'S COLLECTING ON ANDROS REEF. BAHAMAS 



take to the field in a search for the nest of the Ani (Crotophaga 

 ani) or as it is locally called, Blackbird or Carrion Crow. The 

 Ani is in truth a Cuckoo whose nesting habits are, so far as known, 

 unique among birds. From three or four to ten or twelve Anis 

 are usually associated throughout the year. On the approach of 

 the breeding season in June, the birds do not pair, but all unite in 

 building a common nest in which the females of the flock lay their 

 eggs. The number of eggs deposited by a single individual is 

 unknown, but as many as thirty eggs have been found in a single 



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