. The oist . Coffee Mill Hammock, a Famous Camping Place •—Photo by O. E. Baynard THE OOLOGIST 289 birds were seen excepting Kingfishesand Water Turkeys until we passedFort Thompson the end of the River,and the beginning of a 40 mile canalrunning through the fiooded marshesand Lake Flirt. Bonnet Lake andLake Aicopogee and then into LakeOkeechobee. After leaving FortThompson large flocks of White Ivis,all the Herons and Egrets, Gallinules,Coots, Bitterns, Blackbirds were to beseen at all times until we reachedLake Okeechobee. Sanhill Craneswere heard now for the first timetrumpeting in the adja

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. The oist . Coffee Mill Hammock, a Famous Camping Place •—Photo by O. E. Baynard THE OOLOGIST 289 birds were seen excepting Kingfishesand Water Turkeys until we passedFort Thompson the end of the River,and the beginning of a 40 mile canalrunning through the fiooded marshesand Lake Flirt. Bonnet Lake andLake Aicopogee and then into LakeOkeechobee. After leaving FortThompson large flocks of White Ivis,all the Herons and Egrets, Gallinules,Coots, Bitterns, Blackbirds were to beseen at all times until we reachedLake Okeechobee. Sanhill Craneswere heard now for the first timetrumpeting in the adjacent marshesand occasionally a bunch of a dozen ormore would rise in the air with agreat noise and go sailing off, a veryshy bird this, but one of the most in-teresting to study. While passingthrough Lake Flirt I saw my firstSwallow Tailed Kites for the of these most handsome andgraceful Forked-Tailed Fish-Hawks,(their local name here) kept sailingover our boat for several hours andit is beyond

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