LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xix 



Young White Ibises and Louisiana Herons 55 

 Young White Ibis on its nest 56 

 " Contained four young Snowy Herons " 57 

 Spoonbill and Ibis watching the intruders 59 

 Young Roseate Spoonbills in nest 60 

 Adult Little Blue Heron, from the boat 61 

 Ibises and Cormorants leaving the rookery. " My first pic- 

 ture " 63 

 " Another lot of Ibises started up " 67 

 Young Anhingas. " The coveted opportunity " 69 

 Telephoto picture of an Ibis and a Louisiana Heron 71 

 Young Florida Cormorants 72 

 Louisiana Herons. " Young in their rude home " 73 

 Young Little Blue Heron. " Stood very sweetly for his picture " 75 

 Cormorants, Ibises, and a Heron. "Fluttering from the low 



mangroves" 77 



A vision of Cuthbert Lake, with an Anhinga 79 



" One of these Fish Crows kept hovering close around me " 82 



Sooty Terns. "They settle down upon the sand" 83 



Sooty Terns. " Alone among the birds " 85 



The nesting Noddy. " A case of love at first sight " 87 



Sooty Terns. " Thousands of wings are fluttering " 89 



Man-o'- War Birds at their roost 91 



Sooty Tern over egg 93 

 The little pier. "The Noddies and Man-o '-War Birds love to 



roost on it " 95 



Noddies. " The male stands beside his mate as she broods " 97 



Sooty Tern. " With rather long, pointed wings " 99 



