SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 66 
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EXPERIMENTS WITH CERIONS ON THE FEORIDA KEYS 
The Bahama Cerion Colonies planted on the Florida Keys were 
examined by Dr. Bartsch this year between June 18 and 30. A more 
detailed report of the status of the various colonies was published 
in the Year Book No. 14 of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, 
pages 194-1096. 
A large number of adult specimens of the first generation of 
Florida grown individuals were found, and these show much more 
Fic. 67—Noddy terns (Anous stolidus) on their nesting ground, Bird Key, 
Tortugas. 
fully than the scanty material available last year did, that this first 
generation has responded to the new conditions in a remarkable 
manner. The facts which were pointed out in a paper by Dr. Bartsch, 
Publication No. 212 of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, pages 
203-212, plates 1-8, have been fully substantiated and materially added 
to by the data obtained this year. 
A new experiment was started in the transplantation of 307 speci- 
mens of the Florida tree snail Liguus fasciatus to the Tortugas, one 
set of which was planted on Garden Key within the Fort, and two on 
Loggerhead Key. 
