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The only mammals collected during the whole cruise were 



some specimens of Jfacroiiis waicrJioiisii Gra}' secured by Mr. 



Wick ham in a cave on the island of Eleuthera. This is one 



of the " leaf-nosed" bats belonging to the familv Megader- 



matid.'E. The ears are enormous, their bases meeting at the 



top of the head, and having conspicuous tragi, A fleshy 



appendage projects upward from the nose, resembling the 



horn of a rhinoceros in front view. The tail projects slightly 



be\ond the interfemoral membrane, which is suj-jported by a 



ver\' long calcar or accessory ossicle. The dental formula is 



m. ■''. c. '. i. -~. The animal is about the size of our Atalaf)ha 

 (i 1 2 _ ^ 



}wvcboracensis, or perhaps a little smaller. 



The following list of the birds of Eleuthera is made up 

 partly from species secured at this time, and partly from a 

 collection made b}' the writer at the same place in the sum- 

 mer of 1888: 



jLarits atricllhi Linn., laughing gull; Gclochclidon nilotica 

 (Hasselq.). gull-billed tern; Stenia nia.xiiiia Bodd., royal 

 tern; Stenia antillanini (Less.), least tern; Sterna ancethetus 

 Scop., bridled tern; Auom stolidns. (Linn.j, noddy; Puffiniis 

 audiiboiii Finsch, Audubon's shearwater; Phaethon fiavirosfris 

 Brandt. }'ello\v-billed tropic bird; Fregata aquihi (Linn.), 

 man-o'-war bird; Arde.i virescens Linn., green heron; JVycti- 

 corax vioJaceas (Linn.), yellow-crowned night heron; yEgia- 

 litiszvihoiiia (Ord.), Wilson's plover; Coliimbigalliua passen'na 

 (Linn.), ground dove; Spcofyto cuiiieiilaria floridaua Ridgw.. 

 Florida burrowing owl; Strix fhiiiniica fratincohi Cory, Ba- 

 Jaama barn ovnI; Chordciles virginiaims minor (Cab.), Cuban 

 night-hawk; Loxigilhi violacea hahaniensis. Ridgw., Bahama 

 grosbeak; Ty ran mis dominiccnsis (Gmel.), gi'ev king-bird; 

 Eiictheia hicolor ( Linn) , grass quit ; Certhiola ba/ianiensis Reich., 

 Bahama honey-creeper; and Jlfi/niis gundhichi Cab., Bahama 

 mocking-bird. It will be noticed that of the nine land-birds 

 enumerated above, only two, the ground dove and burrowing 

 owl, are North American, the remainder being pureh' West 

 Indian. Perhaps the most conspicuous bird of them all. and 

 <:ertainlv the most attractive, is the Bahama mocking-bird, 



