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ably grown up and gone. A portion of the 

 nests, however, were occupied, and the birds 

 sat on them until we were quite near. The 

 nests were all very large, and may have 

 been used more than one season. They con- 

 tained from two to four eggs; some of which 

 were fresh, others more or less advanced in 

 incubation, and a few were newly hatched. 

 Thus there was considerable irregularity in 

 regard to the state of incubation. In fact, a 

 part of the eggs in the same nests would be 

 fresh while others had well advanced embry- 

 oes. 



From May 11 to 15 we found Cormorants 

 common along the west coast of Andros from 

 Southern Bight nearly to Wide Opening. 

 They were sitting on the sand of the beach- 

 es, but aside from the places named, and a 

 single specimen perched on a mangrove in 

 the Bight, I have never seen this Cormor- 

 ant in the Bahamas. Previous to m\^ visit 

 to the islands this bird was not known to 

 breed on them, and was given as rare there. 



