THE AUK: 



A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF 



ORNITHOLOGY. 

 vol. vii. October, 1890. No. 4. 



ON BIRDS OBSERVED AT THE DRY TORTUGAS, 



FLORIDA, DURING PARTS OF MARCH 



AND APRIL, 1890. 



BY W. E. D. SCOTT. 



Through the kind permission of Dr. John B. Hamilton 

 Surgeon General of the Marine Hospital Service of the United 

 States, I was allowed to make my headquarters for ornithological 

 work at the Key West Quarantine Station on Garden Key, 

 Dry Tortugas, Florida, during the past spring. I had j^lanned 

 an ornithological exploration along the Gulf coast of Florida, 

 from Tarpon Springs south to Cape Sable and through the more 

 important keys lying oft' the south coast of the peninsula from 

 Bahia Honda westward. The field is a large one to cover even in 

 a superficial manner, and after some work in the region about Cape 

 Sable and adjacent keys, I proceeded to Bahia Honda and 

 thence through the group of keys westward to Key West, where 

 some three weeks were spent. Here I found that through the 

 kindness of Capt. Bendire and Prof. G. Brown Goode, of the 

 Smithsonian Institution, the Secretary of the Treasury of the 

 United States had placed at my disposal the U. S- Revenue 

 Cutter 'McLane,' Captain Munger in command, to convev 

 myself and assistants to such points as I might desire to investigate. 



I wish in this connection to express my thanks publicly to 

 these gentlemen as well as to Professor Langley of the Smithson- 

 ian Institution, and to Dr. Murray, Surgeon in charge U. S. 



