obs 3. 
THE GREAT CUTHBERT ROOKERY 
By HERBERT kK. JOB 
PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHOR 
BOUT fifteen years ago it was 
known to the plume-hunters that 
somewhere in the great mangrove 
swamp that covers the southern extremity 
of Florida was a large rookery, or breeding 
colony, of herons, egrets, and other water- 
birds whose plumes were in great demand 
in the millinery market. Hitherto all 
efforts to locate it had been unavailing—a 
fact which will surprise no onewho has been 
even to the portals of that terrible wilder- 
ness. At length, an individual named 
Cuthbert, with a hardihood worthy of a 
better cause, made a business of tracing 
out this mysterious rookery. Starting 
from the southern end of the west coast, 
probably somewhere in Whitewater Bay, 
he watched the flight of the birds, formed 
a conclusion as to the exact direction of 
their course, and plunged into the bewil- 
dering maze of the mangrove swamp. 
With a light canoe and a meager outfit, 
White Ibis Returning to Its Nest in the Red Mangoes. 
