. Bird lore . supplies were herelanded for the use of members of the staff, who proposed to pursue their studiesin this vicinity, and, permission to collect the birds needed having been promptlygranted by the Bahaman Government, we set sail for Cay Verde, March 31,At 7 A. M. (256) A Seasons Field Work 257 Cay Verde is an uninhabited islet of some forty acres area, situated on theeastern edge of the Columbus Bank, between the Ragged Islands and is only 250 miles from Nassau, but, owing to adverse weather conditions, whichat times threatened us with serious disaster, ten days were req
. Bird lore . supplies were herelanded for the use of members of the staff, who proposed to pursue their studiesin this vicinity, and, permission to collect the birds needed having been promptlygranted by the Bahaman Government, we set sail for Cay Verde, March 31,At 7 A. M. (256) A Seasons Field Work 257 Cay Verde is an uninhabited islet of some forty acres area, situated on theeastern edge of the Columbus Bank, between the Ragged Islands and is only 250 miles from Nassau, but, owing to adverse weather conditions, whichat times threatened us with serious disaster, ten days were required for the voyage. The absence of definite information, both as to the number of birds frequent-ing Cay Verde and the time of their nesting, made the outcome of our trip moreor less uncertain, and the difficulties encountered in reaching this remote isletadded in no small degree to the pleasure with which we found it thickly populatedwith Boobies and Man-o-war Birds, whose nesting season was at its
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