BIRD ROOKERIES OP TORTTJGAS BARTSCH. 



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The 1859-60 column shows specimens collected by Dr. J. B. Holder, 

 while the 1860 and 1864 columns refer to additional lots of birds 

 donated by Capt. D. P. Woodbury. 



In the 1859 column the * followed by a 1 refers to a specimen 

 donated by Jos. C. Clapp, while the one in the 1860 column marked 

 * * denotes a specimen donated by Geo. Phillips. 



The remaining columns refer to published records from the Tor- 

 tugas. These are: 



The sixth column includes the birds observed during parts of 

 March and April, 1890, by W. E. D. Scott, as reported in the " Auk," 

 vol. VII, no. 4, pp. 301-314, 1890. The records of 1913, 1914, 1915, 

 1916, and 1917 were made by the author, and were published as fol- 

 lows: 



1913. Yearbook No. 12, Carnegie Institution of Washington, pp. 

 172-175, " Birds observed on the Florida Keys on April 25 to May 9, 

 1913." 



1914. Yearbook No. 13, Carnegie Institution of Washington, pp. 

 192-195, " Birds observed on the Florida keys from April 20 to April 

 30, 1915." 



1915. Yearbook No. 14, Carnegie Institution of Washington, pp. 

 197-199, " Birds observed on the Florida Keys and along the railroad 

 of the mainland from Key Largo to Miami, June 17 to July 1, 1915." 



1916. Yearbook No. 15, Carnegie Institution of Washington, pp. 

 182-188, " Birds observed in 1916 in the region of Miami and the 

 Florida Keys from May 15 to June 4, and along the railroad from 

 Key West to Miami on June 24." 



1916. Yearbook No. 15, Carnegie Institution of Washington, pp. 

 170-173, " Fifth annual list of birds observed on the Florida Keys 

 (1917)." 



An asterisk indicates that the bird was observed in that year. 



The gull-billed tern is reported under the name Sterna nuttalli by 

 Nuttall in his Manual of Ornithology of the United States and 

 Canada, Water Birds page 279, 1834, from the Tortugas. 



Herring gull (Lams argentatus) 



Laughing gull (Larus atricilla megalopterus) 



Gull-billed tern (Gdochelidon nilotica) 



R oyal tern ( ThaJassetLS maiimus) 



Cabot's tern (Sterna sandvicensis acuflavida) 



Roseate tern (Sterna dougaMi) 



Least tern (Sternula antillarum antillarvfm') 



Sooty tern (Onychoprionfuscatus) 



Black tern ( Chlidonias nigra surinamensis) 



1860 1864 1890 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 



