seemed even smaller than our Ruby Green. There was also a very handsome cormorant with a brown neck and cream underparts. The wings and back simply appeared dark, I don't know what color. They were in size between a little green heron and a night heron. They had a peculiar habit of sitting with the neck stuck over the back like a duck and not at all heron like. They would cast the head out from this position when feeding. There was a good deal of squabbling and feeding going on but no hatched young were seen. They were very numerous. Another heron the same size was lighter above - a brown - and had a brown and white striped neck. Its habits were quite different, feeding in usual heron manner. Other birds in the lagoon were White Ibis and Flamingo. In the jungle along the base of the hills we saw