A LIFE RECORD 49 



List of Florida Birds, 1S68—1869 



Butterball; not very common. 



Ruddy Duck ; not uncommon, river and coast. 



Hooded Merganser ; very abundant on the coast. 



White Pelican; seen in large flocks at mouth^of St. Johns all 

 winter. 



Brown Pelican ; abundant ; Fernandina and mouth of St. Johns 

 river. 



Gannet; very abundant on the coast in winter. 



Booby Gannet ; saw a few on the coast. 



Florida Cormorant ; very abundant on river and coast. 



Water Turkey ; very abundant on the river. 



Wilson's Petrel ; a few about the coast at Fernandina. 



Hagdon's Great Shearwater; a few about the coast at Fernan- 

 dina. 



Razorbill Shearwater, Skimmer; abundant^ on] coast; large 

 flocks. 



Herring Gull ; abundant all winter. 



Ring-billed Gull ; not very plenty. 



Laughing Gull ; abundant all winter. 



Bonaparte Gull ; not very plenty. 



Cayenne Tern ; abundant about the coast. 



One or two small terns about the coast. 



Horned Grebe ; not uncommon on the St. Johns river. 



Pied-billed Dabchick ; not uncommon on the St. Johns. 



Great- White or Whooping Crane. 



Wild Pigeon. 



Turkey Buzzard ; very common, St. Johns river. 



Black Vulture ; quite rare about the St. Johns river. 



Duck Hawk; St. Augustine, February, 1868; one instance. 



Pigeon Hawk ; St. Augustine ; frequent. 



Sparrow Hawk; common. 



Cooper's Hawk ; common. 



Sharp-shinned Hawk ; common. 



Red-tailed Hawk; not common. 



Red-shouldered Hawk; most common hawk except fish-hawk. 



Broad-winged Hawk ; common. 



