Vol. I. 



OCTOBER, 1889. 



No. 10. 



For the Loon. 

 Another Hunt among? Florida Birds. 



I remember well a certain hunt which I was engaged in, the 

 results of which greatly increased my ornithological collection. 



Starting out one morning just before sun-up I wended my 

 way toward the beach and arrived there just as old king Sol 

 was kissing the broad waters of the mighty Atlantic. How ex- 

 tremely beautiful the scene was ! The waves were majestic- 

 ally rolling in and the sunbeams were sparkling from wave to 

 wave in a perfect shower of gold. As I stood facing the north 

 to my right lay the ocean, and to my left a large tract of level 

 country covered entirely with a growth of Sow-palmetto 

 ( Chamcerops serrulata,) with here and there a solitary Cabbage 

 Palm (C. palmetto.) The soil was composed entirely of sand, 

 and was a magnificent place for the rattlesnake (Crotalus hor- 

 jridus.) Just at the edge of the beach there was a sort of levee 

 running up and down for a distance of five miles, and this 

 levee in some places was covered with a heavy growth of sow 

 palmetto which afforded a very good cover to stalk game. 



Well, as I said, I arrived at the beach just as the king of day 

 was rising, and immediately looked out for game. At first I 



