. Life histories of North American petrels and pelicans and their allies; order Tubinares and order Steganopodes . ies of small lakes or ponds in the center. Except inthese open places the water is very shallow, from 1 to 3 feet deep,with a treacherous muddy bottom, making wading impossible. Themarsh consists of broad areas of saw grass among which are nu-merous tortuous channels overgrown with a rank growth of coarseyellow pond lilies, locally known as bonnets, through which wehad to navigate by laboriously polling a shallow, pointed skiff. Thechannels are still further choked by small floati
. Life histories of North American petrels and pelicans and their allies; order Tubinares and order Steganopodes . ies of small lakes or ponds in the center. Except inthese open places the water is very shallow, from 1 to 3 feet deep,with a treacherous muddy bottom, making wading impossible. Themarsh consists of broad areas of saw grass among which are nu-merous tortuous channels overgrown with a rank growth of coarseyellow pond lilies, locally known as bonnets, through which wehad to navigate by laboriously polling a shallow, pointed skiff. Thechannels are still further choked by small floating islands, made upof bushes and rank aquatic vegetation, which drift about more orless with the changes of the wind. There are also many permanentislands overgrown with willows, which serve as rookeries for thou-sands of Louisiana herons, little blue herons, anhingas, and a fewsnowy, black-crowned and yellow-crowned night herons. Leastbitterns, red-winged blackbirds, and boat-tailed grackles nest in thesaw grass; coots, purple and Florida gallinules frequent the bon- U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 121 PL. 40. Brevard County, Florida
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