. Three voyages of a naturalist, being an account of many little- known islands in three oceans visited by the "Valhalla," ; . Bermuda, 13th to 20th April; St. Michaels, Azores, 29th April to 2nd May ; Cowes, 8th May. The number of birds obtained during this tripto the West Indies somewhat exceeded fourhundred, of which the following three proved tobe new to science :— Dendrmca crawfordi, from Little Cayman ; Vireo laurae, from Grenada ; Pitangus cay7nanensis, from Grand Cayman. The birds found in aU the West Indian Islandsare of great interest, as no two islands have anavifauna exactly
. Three voyages of a naturalist, being an account of many little- known islands in three oceans visited by the "Valhalla," ; . Bermuda, 13th to 20th April; St. Michaels, Azores, 29th April to 2nd May ; Cowes, 8th May. The number of birds obtained during this tripto the West Indies somewhat exceeded fourhundred, of which the following three proved tobe new to science :— Dendrmca crawfordi, from Little Cayman ; Vireo laurae, from Grenada ; Pitangus cay7nanensis, from Grand Cayman. The birds found in aU the West Indian Islandsare of great interest, as no two islands have anavifauna exactly similar, so that all our collectionswere of value. The Cayman Islands specimensare worthy of particular notice, as nearly all theresident birds are peculiar to the islands, andthere were previously very few specimens fromthis locality in the British Museum. About one hundred fishes and reptiles werealso obtained, but not one was new, nor werethere any of great rarity. The most interesting,perhaps, were the five fine specimens of tarpon,which we caught off the Florida coast. Theseranged in size from 40 to 95 pounds in o 2o CO o PREFACE XXIII and I preserved the skins of four of them on ourhomeward voyage. About two hundred butterflies, moths, andother insects were also obtained. The most interesting islands visited during oursojourn in the West Indies were Martinique,famous for its volcanic eruptions in 1902, and theCayman Islands, which have been but seldomvisited by a naturalist. Third Voyage. It was not until the autumn of 1905 that I againset out in the Valhalla on my last and,perhaps, most interesting voyage. On this cruise we had a somewhat larger party,for besides Lord Crawford, the Hon. WalterLindsay, Dr. A. Dean, and myself, Mr. E. G. was invited to accompany us forthe purpose of collecting insects, and thus I wasable to devote my whole time to birds, mammals,fishes, and reptiles, with the consequence thatexamples of several new species were obt
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