1899] • Small— Life Beneath the Waters. 191 



III. Robin {Merula Migratorid). — While snow-shoeing in 

 the vicinity ot Billings's Bridge on the 2nd of January, Mr. C. H. 

 Young saw a robin flitting about near a running stream. Having 

 identified the bird he continued his way ; but on the following 

 day in order to convince sceptical members of the Club he shot 

 it. It proved to be a young male bird in fair condition. One 

 of the legs, however, had a swelling at the first joint and was 

 quite stiff, which may have detained him here when his fellows 

 went south. 



BERMUDA : LIFE BENEATH THE WATERS.* 



There is probably no part of the globe in which a greater 

 variety or more excellent quality of fish abounds, than in the 

 waters bordering the shores of Bermuda. It is asserted that as 

 many as 168 varieties have been observed there, most conspicu- 

 ous amongst which for its beauty is the " Angel Fish," o\ a 

 cerulean blue, peculiar shape, and at the same time esteemed as 

 a table delicacy, tho' to a naturalist the idea of eating so beauti- 

 ful a creature would be akin to cooking a Bird of Paradise. The 

 " Yellow Tail" is pale azure on the back and pearly white be- 

 low, with broad bands of yellow along each side. The " Spotted 

 Snapper " also carries these yellow bands, but its bod}' is white, 

 fins rosy pink with an oval patch of black on each flank, whilst 

 another variety has yellow fins and scarlet spots. The " Red 

 Snapper," " Bream," " Grunt," " Rockfish," " Mullet," " Porgie," 

 " Gruper," " Sennet," " Hogfish," " Amberfish," besides many 

 others, are daily to be seen as the fishing-boats come in, and are 

 well worthy of notice. 



The large Aquarium on the Battery in New York City pos- 

 sesses numerous specimens of Bermuda fish, and there is every 

 reason to hope that before long a Biological station may be 

 established on the Bermudas similar to the mstitution now in 

 operation at Wood's Hole Massachusetts, the joint action of 

 which embracing as it would either side of the waters of the 



•Extract from H. B. Small's " In the Bermudas." 



