General Notes. -5 T 



peninsular ot" Yucatan. Up to the time the storm commenced the only 

 land birds seen were three Yellow-rumped Warblers {Driidrccca coronata) 

 that came aboard the day previous, keeping us company the most of the 

 day ; but within an hour after the storm broke they began to appear, and 

 in a very short time birds of various species were to be seen in all direc- 

 tions, singly and in small flocks, and all flying towards the Mississippi 

 River. These birds of course must have been far overhead and only came 

 down near the surface of the water in endea'voring to escape from the 

 force of the wind. By four o'clock it had come to be a serious matter 

 with them, as the gale was too strong for them to make scarcely any 

 progress. As long as they were in the trough of the sea the wind had 

 very little effect on them, but as soon as they reached the crest of a wave 

 it would catch them up and in an instant they were blown hundreds of 

 yards back or else into the water and drowned. 



A great many flew on to the deck of the vessel to be washed about by the 

 next wave that came over the side. Although I made no attempt to count 

 the number of specimens that came aboard, I should estimate them at 

 considerably over a hundred, and a great many more struck the sides and 

 tumbled back into the water. It was sad indeed to see them struggling 

 along by the side of the vessel in trying to pass ahead of her, for as soon 

 as they were clear of the bows, they were invariably blown back into the 

 water and drowned. Most of those that came aboard were washed into 

 the sea again, but the next day we found about a dozen dead bodies that 

 had lodged underneath the galley. The following is a list of the species 

 recognized, and if more time could have been given to observation I 

 undoubtedly could have made out others. 



1. Wood Thrush. About twenty seen. 



2. Black-and-white Creeper. Abundant. 



3. Prothonotary Warbler. Large numbers. 



4. Worm-eating Warbler. Large numbers. 



5. Yellow-rumped Warbler. A few. 



6. Chestnut-sided Warbler. Quite a number. 



7. Yellow Warbler. Quite a number. 

 S. Golden-crowned Thrush. A few. 



9. Kentucky Warbler. Large numbers. 



10. Mourning Warbler. Large numbers. 



11. Maryland Yellow-throat. Very abundant. 



12. Hooded Warbler. Large numbers. 



13. Redstart. The most abundant. 



14. Cliff Swallow. Saw one. 



15. Scarlet Tanager. Quite a number. 



16. Summer Redbird. A few. 



17. Towhee. A few. 



18. Indigo Bird. As plentiful as Redstarts. 



19. Nonpareil. Quite abundant. 



20. Flycatchers. Saw a large number of the smaller species, but rec- 

 ognized only Sayornis fuscus (Phoebe.) 



