ADDENDA. 



Anhinga anhinga fLinn.). Water Turkey; Snake Bird. 



On April 7, 1910, I found a nest of this species containing three 

 eggs, and upon visiting the place on the loth, in company with 

 Dr. Eugene Edmund Murphey, I found seven eggs in the nest. If 

 I am not mistaken this is the highest number ever found in the 

 nest of this peculiar bird. 



Aix sponsa (Linn.). Wood Duck; Summer Duck, 

 I found on April 7, 1910, a nest and seven fresh eggs of the 

 beautiful Summer Duck. The eggs were laid in a depression of a 

 cypress tree caused by the jimction of seven vertical shoots. 

 This tiee was growing in the reservoir of my friend Mr. B. B. Fur- 

 man. On April 27, I encountered a brood of about eleven young 

 which were about two days old, being accompanied by their 

 mother. I think the Summer Duck is again increasing in num- 

 bers, but it needs protection, especially during the breeding sea- 

 son, 



Herodias egretta (Gmel.). Egret. 



A small colony of these beautiful birds was found breeding 

 on April 7, 1910. The nests were placed in tall cypress trees 

 over water, and the few that were accessible contained three eggs 

 each at the time of my visit. The birds were excessively wary, 

 even on their breeding grounds. 



In five specimens taken at this time in full nuptial plumage, the 

 lores and orbital regions were green, with a bluish tinge in one 

 specimen, but without a trace of yellow. This coloration has 

 not been noted by the leading authorities, as the following quo- 

 tations will show: 



Audubon says in Birds of America : '■ 



Bill bright yellow, as is the bare space between it and the eye. 



Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway give the following:' 



Bill and lores rich chrome-yellow (the latter sometimes tinged with light green). 



> VI, 137. 2 Water Birds, I, 1884, 24. 



