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LIDICKER
1990
Bermuda area.
Harp masters: Seen to be 2 species (largest found on
Cabo, St. Lucia) of which is probably (Eleutheroctylus).
There's a mid-sized form that is common near S. Bays
americanus. Lawson saw a DOX B. marinus, as
a native shark that is apparently almost extinct, and
about 4 spp. of introduced Arolis. He saw:
1) Jutey greenish gray w/ no markings, ~2 1/2 - 4" SV. One
lg individual (> 6" SV) was the same color but with
very dark & bright red develop right in the same species.
2) Large sf. that is bright blue and green with no other
markings.
3) Small species gray-brown in color w/ thick
dark lines meandering down the vertebral
4) medium-sized w/ reddish or orange head & line
speckling on head and fore-parts
5) 1 med.-sized w/ light stripe down back.
Bird notes:
Double-crested Cormorant - 1 (St. George's Harbor)
Pied-billed Sandpiper - 1 (BB SR)
Spotted Sandpiper - 1 (Ferry Pt.), 5 (Irish Island)
Ruddy Turnstone - 3 (Ferry pt.), 10 (Hamilton), +
50+ (2w) - feeding w/ colony waterfowl.
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 6 (Boys Field)
Semipalmated Plover - 3 (Boys Field) - gins. & white phony
Killdeer? - Thought & heard 1 twice but may have been
a killdeer mimic.
Mallard - gray ? ~ 30 in St. George's, that or varies