In Davis. 1941. July 5. Lower Matecumbe Key, Monroe Co., Florida. wires, and green herons. Louisiana herons, least terns, and laughing gulls are frequent in and over the water. Otherwise, the airfauna seems quite limited, both as to species + numbers. The climate on the keys is quite equable. It gets fairly cot during the middle of the day, but there is always a cool offshore breeze. The islands are very flat + low; the water is a peculiar emerald green, with blotches of dark purple marking the coral reefs. July 6. We were rained out at 3:45 a.m. + slept a couple of hours in the truck. Had breakfast, then drove to Key West. Passed over numerous keys, which are so pretty much the same all the way out, varying in size more than anything elese. Big Pine Key is distinguished by its large size and large groves of longleaf pine (Pinus palas- tris), which is very rare or absent on the other keys. Key West is a rather dirty, unpleasant town. It resembles the West Indian towns very much in the architecture and structure of the houses and buildings, but once the novelty has worn off, the town offers nothing. Drove to Boca Chica Key, and made camp. The mosquitoes were very bad. They are small, and go through the ordinary bed net with no trouble. A good breeze is supposed to render them inactive, but they seemed absolutely