312 Mr. J. L. Bonliote on Birds 



congregating on the lakes and lagoons, especially after a storm, 

 They come in November and are almost all gone by March. 



[Pelecanus ruscus Linn. 



Although I procured no specimens of this bird, it was 

 frequently seen flying singly along the west coast of Andros 

 and at Abaco. I tried in vain to discover a breeding-station 

 at Andros, and was taken to several supposed sites, but I 

 fancy that one is to be found on the N.W. coast.] 



91. PlIALACROCORAX FLOIUDANUS Aud. 



Phalacrocorax floridanus Aud. Oru. Biogr. iii. p. 387 

 (1837). 



Graculus dilophus, var \ floridanus (Aud.); Cory, Eds. Bah. 

 2nd ed. p. 198 (1890). 



Phalacrocorax dilophus floridanus Aud. ; Cory, Cat. W. 

 Tnd. Bds. p. 85 (1892). 



g . Wide Opening, Andros, 31st January, 1902. 



This species is not common, but was occasionally seen 

 along the west coast of Andros. I visited a colony in one 

 of the channels that intersect the island ; there were eight 

 or ten pairs of birds and nests to correspond, but either 

 they had not begun to lay (on the 2nd of February) or their 

 nests had been robbed by passing spongers. 



95. Tachypetes aquilus (Linn.). 



Pelecanus aquilus Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 133 (1758). 



Tachypetes aquilus (Linn.) ; Cory, Bds. Bah. 2nd ed. p. 200 

 (1890). 



Frec/ata aquila (Linn.) ; Cory, Cat. W. Iud. Bds. p. 85 

 (1892). 



S ad. Little Abaco, 23rd March, 1902. 



S $ imm. „ 30th March, 1902. 



Although frequently seen at sea, these birds arc generally 

 well out of shot. The specimens that I secured were got as 

 they came down to a freshwater pond to bathe. They arrived 

 nearly every morning in small parties of from six to ten and 

 splashed into the water like Swallows, never settling, but rising 

 again and in about three or four minutes going off to sea. 



