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the coyote, for there were a great many more carcasses of this species than of 
any other. None at all were found of either Ward or Night herons. 
The Reddish Egret is a silent race, the only note being the squawk, which 
is far less forcible than that of the Night Heron. As the birds leave on their 
nightly fishing expedition they squawk more than at any other time. As they 
sit about their nests there is some snapping of beaks at intruders, Grackles, and 
even their mates. 
Mr. Pearson, when visiting Green Island with Mr. Camp, stated that this 
colony is the largest in existence in the United States. He had seen all the 
others. I understand from Mr. Camp that arrangements have been completed 
for the turning of the island into a Federal Reserve. A warden will be placed 
on the island during the breeding season and he will poison, shoot and in other 
ways get rid of the Grackles and coyotes. Thus this fine colony will be perma- 
nently preserved. 
Few land birds live on Green Island. Curve-billed Thrashers (Toxostoma 
Fig. 9. THE GRACEFUL FLIGHT OF THE REDDISH EGRET. 
curvirostre curvirostre) occur in small numbers. Mr. Camp found the nest with 
a set of four fresh eggs of the Texas Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris bairdt) but 
this bird could hardly be expected to regularly nest on the island. Mr. Kirn 
found a nest with two fresh eggs of the Black Vulture (Catharista urubu) on 
the ground beneath a canopy of cactus (Opuntia) leaves. One family of Gray- 
tailed Cardinals (Cardinalis cardinalis canicaudus) was found. 
One of the last happenings before we left the island was the arrival of a 
flock of about fifty Roseate Spoonbills(Ajaia ajaja). They settled in the shallow 
water on the north end of the island and at once began probing in the mud with 
their spatulate bills. They were too wary to permit an approach with a camera 
and flew away after only a short feed. 
All the illustrations accompanying this article are from photographs taken 
by the writer at Green Island. 
Tulsa, Oklahoma, November 21, 1921. 
