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diving like P. fuscus but swooping down into the school of small fish. 

 They are particularly fond of dead fish and they can be caught on a line 

 with a hook baited with a small fish. At Port Henderson they had a habit 

 of flying in to roost on a small island back of Fort Augusta, late in the 

 afternoon again flying out to sea, to roost on the outer cays. Usually the 

 stiff southeast breeze drifted many of them over towards the wharf, and by 

 taking a station there several could be shot on a favorable afternoon. 



Early morning visits to Drunkenman Cay found the mangroves literally 

 loaded down with them. But I found no traces of nesting. 



I can only counsel the visitor not to be beguiled to visit Deadman 

 Cay, Old Harbor, by reports that the Man-o'-War Bird is nesting there. 

 We visited them with a very reliable man who had taken eggs there 

 repeatedly, "a plenty, Sir, a plenty of them." 



10. Guara alba {Linn.). — Mr. Jennings of Old Harbor tells me that 

 there is a rookery of Guara alba in a mangrove swamp between Goat 

 Island and Wreck Bay, "not too far" from the shore. 



ii. Guara rubra (Linn.). — Reported by the fisherman as not uncommon 

 in the swamps after heavy weather from the southward. They sell in 

 Kingston for 2 s. per pair. During my four months' residence at Port 

 Henderson I did not see an Ibis of either species. 



12. Ardea herodias Linn. Crane. — Not uncommon. Most often seen 

 on the shores of Hunt Bay. 



13. Ardea egretta Gniel. White Ganlin. — Common. Nest on an 

 island in that portion of the mangrove swamp called 'the flashes.' Eggs 

 taken June 25. 



14. Ardea candidissima Gmel. White Ganlin. — Common. Breeds 

 as above. 



15. Ardea caerulea Linn. Blue Ganlin. — Very common; with A. 

 tricolor ruficollis it constitutes the great majority of the Herons. Breeds 

 as above. Eggs taken June 3 to July 8. 



16. Ardea virescens Linn. Crab-catcher. — Common, though by no 

 means so numerous as the foregoing. Breeds on the mangroves. 



17. Ardea tricolor ruficollis (Gosse). Blue Ganlin. — Excels all the 

 other Herons in numbers. Breeds in 'the flashes.' Breeding season, June 

 and July. July 8, young in nest nearly fledged. Young of the year shot 



July !5- 



18. Nycticorax violaceus (Linn.). Quok. — Common. Breeds in 

 company with the other Herons. Eggs taken June 12. 



19. Nycticorax nycticorax naevius (Bodd.). Quok. — Not common. 



20. Ardetta exilis (Gmel.). Crab-catcher; Tortoise-shell Bird. — 

 Not common. Maybe found running over the mangrove roots; I have 

 never seen the Least Bittern wading in the water pursuing the fish after 

 the manner of the other Herons, but it clings to the roots projecting from 

 the water and from these darts his bill at the small fish and crabs. Nest 

 in the mangrove swamp. Eggs taken May 29. 



The Herons, in the order of their relative abundance, would stand as 

 follows : A. tricolor, A. c&rulea, A. egretta, A. candidissima, Nycticorax 



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