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well-known American bird-artist, we hoped to have landed 

 on many of the southern islands and to have visited the 

 breeding-eolonies of the Frigate-birds, Boobies, Flamingos, 

 and Terns, but owing to illness our original plan had to be 

 abandoned and the end of the first week saw us back again 

 in Nassau Harbour. After a couple of days we set off once 

 more for the southern end of Andros and the neighbouring 

 Cays, where we found the Sooty, Noddy, and Bridled Terns 

 breeding in numbers, as well as the Dusky Shearwater 

 (Pvffinus auduboni). Four other species of Terns were also 

 seen, and probably intended to breed at no great distance. "We 

 penetrated inland and explored some old Flamingo-colonies, 

 where we found a few new nests half built, but most of 

 the birds could not have begun to breed. I have written 

 fully on this species, as well as on the most noticeable of 

 the others met with, in the 'Avicultural Magazine' from 

 October 1902 to January 1903 inclusive, to which I would 

 refer those who may desire more detailed information on 

 the habits &c. than will be found in the following pages. 



The total number of species met with amounts to some 

 108, or about two-thirds of the total number recorded from 

 the group. So many small expeditions have been made of 

 late years by Americans, that no novelties could be expected, 

 but several additions were made to the Bahama list, viz. : — 

 Vireo flavifrons, Mareca americana, Botaurus lentiginosus, 

 Nycticorax navius, and Mimus poly g lot t us, the last of which 

 was hitherto only recorded from a single specimen procured 

 by myself at Nassau on a former occasion, but was now found 

 well established on Little Abaco. Dendroeca gundlachi was 

 also found on the last-named island, many miles to the 

 north of its previously known range. 



Apart from these we find that our series of skins does not 

 bear out the conclusions arrived at in America as regards 

 several local forms, especially Geothlypis maynardi and 

 Riccordia (Sporadinus) aneo-viridis. In cases where we 

 have not had sufficient material for comparison, the 

 species have been provisionally placed under their American 

 names. 



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