Field notes, v1444
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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