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marshes. 



24. A. O. U. No. 203. Nyctauassa 

 violacea, Yellow-crowned Night Heron. 

 Not so common as the foregoing 

 species. One seen feeding at the 

 kitchens of the soldiers mess in the 

 spring of 1922. 



25. A. O. U. No. 206. Grus mexi- 

 cana, Sandhill Crane. Abundant at 

 all times. Called "Sandhill Whooper" 

 locally and sought for food. 



26. A. O. U. 207. Aramus vociferus, 

 Limpkin. Several seen. 



27. A. O. U. No. 208. Rallus elegans, 

 King Rail. Several seen. 



28. A. O. U. No. 212. Rallus vir- 

 ginianus, Virginia Rail. One seen. 



29. A. O. U. No. 218. lonornis mar- 

 tinicus, Purple Gallinule. Several 

 seen in 1922. 



30. A. O. U. No. 219. Gallinula ga- 

 leata, Florida Gallinule. Several seen 

 in 1922. 



31. A. O. U. No. 221. Fulica ameri- 

 cana, Coot. Huge flock seen near 

 Okechobee. 



32. A. O. U. No. 230. Gallinago 

 delicata, Wilson's Snipe. Many seen 

 in the winter. 



33. A. O. U. No. 254. Totanus me- 

 lanoleucus, Greater Yellowlegs. Sev- 

 eral seen Dec. 1920. 



34. A. O. TJ. No. 255. Totanus fla- 

 vipes, Yellowlegs. Many seen. 



35. A. O. U. No. 261. Bartramia 

 longicauda, Upland Plover. Many 

 seen. 



36. A. O. U. No. 263. Actitis ma- 

 cularia, Spotted Sandpiper. Few seen 

 in the winter of 1920-21. 



37. A. O. U. No. 270. Squatarola 

 squatarola, Black-bellied Plover. Two 

 seen in fall of 1921. 



38. A. O. U. No. 273. Oxyechus vo- 

 ciferus, Killdeer. Abundant in the 

 spring on the prairies. 



39. A. O. U. No. 289a. Coliuns vir- 

 ginianus, Floridanus, Florida Bob- 

 white. Very abundant at all times; 



the shooting season finds many hunt- 

 ers afield all through the season and 

 many are the limit bags brought in 

 but for all the slaughter the number of 

 birds seem to remain the same. One 

 covey of about 20 birds lived in the va- 

 cant lots across the street from our 

 house during the autumn of 1921 and 

 fed in our yard afternoons, often be- 

 ing seen crossing the paved street 

 while motor cars were passing. 



40. A. O. U. No. 310b. Meleagris 

 gallopavo osceola, Florida Turkey. 

 This noble game bird is still found in 

 slowly diminishing numbers, diminish- 

 ing because of the fact that many are 

 killed during the summer months, 

 when fledglings. At this age the young 

 poults may be broiled and are very 

 good cooked in this way. I was in- 

 formed by one hunter that he killed 

 77 young turkeys in the summer of 

 1921. 



June 20, 1922 while motoring from 

 Fort Meyers to Arcadia via "The 

 Woods Road" we came upon a pair of 

 old Turkeys and eighteen young feed- 

 ing in an open space in the cypress 

 woods. The old Turkeys were apparent- 

 ly not much alarmed and moved off 

 about twenty yards where they 

 stopped and stood motionless observ- 

 ing us intently, the young fully 

 feathered and perhaps half grown, 

 continued to feed among the bunches 

 of sage grass apparently unconscious 

 of our presence. The old birds stood 

 this about five minutes and then did 

 a regular movie "fadeout" but the 

 youngsters were in sight about fifteen 

 minutes before their quest for food 

 took them out of range of vision. 



41. A. O. U. No. 316. Zenaidura 

 macroura carolinensis. Mourning Dove. 

 Very abundant at all times of the year 

 and hunted in season as a game bird. 

 They congregate around fields of grain 

 and in chufa fields in huge flocks and 

 it is there that the sportsmen go to 



