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found, living mostly amongst decaying vegetable matter ; 

 but it does not seem to attain its greatest size here; its 

 sting is regarded by the inhabitants as serious, but not dan- 

 gerous or fatal. The Lepidoptera are moderately well 

 represented, some of the forms being large ; and among the 

 Hymenoptera, a large yellow-banded wasp is the most 

 conspicuous. 



On Abaco, a fly, resembling our common house-fly, but 

 larger and with a more pointed abdomen, is a terrible blood 

 sucker. Strangely enough, it is never found on Green Turtle 

 Key, though only two miles distant. One of the natives 

 told me that nothing could induce him to live on Abaco, on 

 account of this fly. 



Up to the present I have confined myself almost exclus- 

 ively to Green Turtle Key, and the waters surrounding it. 

 In referring to the bird and plant life, it may be more in- 

 structive to compare forms as found on the smaller and 

 larger islands. Owing to the kindness of Mr. Jennings, the 

 member of our party who has devoted most attention to the 

 birds, I am in possession of accurate notes, from which the 

 distribution of those birds found in the Bahamas by him 

 may be learned, As much of the matter relating to the 

 birds and plants must be in some degree new to science, it 

 may be well to arrange it in more technical form than has 

 been thought desirable in the other portions of this paper. 



Mimocichla plumbea, " Blue Thrush," met with in Abaco 

 but not seen on Green Turtle Key ; habitat : Bahama Islands ; 

 common at JSTew Providence, Andros, and Abaco. 



Margarops fuscatus, a large thrush, belonging to the same 

 family as the mocking-bird. Its habits are quite terrestrial, 

 and its song is very sweet. It is found upon several of the 

 West Indian Islands, seen upon one small key some distance 

 from Abaco. 



Mimus polyglottus, "Mocking-bird; " this species is very 

 rare in Cuba, and Cory does not mention it as inhabiting 

 any other of the West Indies. It is very common on Green 

 Turtle Key ; in N. A. it is found from the Atlantic to the 

 Pacific as far north as 42°, but is not common north of 38°. 



Certhiola bahamensis, Bahama Honey-creeper ; is found in 



