50 Williams, Birds of Goose Creek, Fla. [j^ 



Ring-necked Duck, Baldpate, Shoveller, Redhead, Bufflehead, 

 Semipahnated Sandpiper, Sanderling, Turnstone, Florida Barred 

 Owl, Goldfinch, Savannah Sparrow, Louisiana Seaside Sparrow, 

 Towhee, Winter Wren, Short-billed Marsh Wren and Blue-gray 

 Gnatcatcher. My list includes 16 species which he did not see. 

 Perhaps he did not visit the woodlands and fields covered by me, 

 which would account for the absence from his list of most of these 16. 

 It is likely, also, that had I prosecuted my explorations as thor- 

 oughly and as systematically as he did his, I would have accounted 

 for a number of species in his list which are absent from mine. 

 Our combined lists show 111 species recorded at East Goose Creek 

 and in the immediate vicinity in the months of November and 

 December alone. With the summer residents and spring and fall 

 migrants added to this number, it is apparent that East Goose 

 Greek is something of an ornithological field. 



LIST OF SPECIES. 



1. Colymbus auritus. Horned Grebe. — Several seen on the main 

 waters of the bay and on the Creek. They exhibited veiy little fear of us. 

 Two were mistaken for ducks and shot by one of our party. 



2. Larus argentatus. Herring Gull. — Several seen daily around 

 the main waters of the bay and over the Creek. 



3. Larus delawarensis. Ring-billed Gull. — A few seen from time 

 to time around the main waters of the bay. 



4. Pelecanus occidentalis. Brown Pelican. — Two were seen one 

 day flying together over the Creek. 



5. Mergus serrator. Red-breasted Merganser. — One was killed 

 by Mr. Robert Gamble in the Creek. 



6. Lophodytes cucullatus. Hooded Merganser. — We picked up 

 a wounded bird of this species on the shore of a small island in the Creek. 



7. Anas platyrhynchos. Mallard.— Common on all the waters 

 we visited. This and the Pintail were the predominant ducks at and 

 around Goose Creek. We also found them in a fresh water pond, back in 

 the hammock lands. They mingled freely with other species of ducks, 

 especially the Pintails. 



S. Anas rubripes. Black Duck. — Fairly abundant and found in 

 flocks with the other species of ducks. 



9. Chaulelasmus streperus. Gadwell. — One of Mr. Gamble's 

 day's bags contained two of this species, killed in the Creek. 



10. Nettion carolinense. Green-winged Teal. — -I procured one 



