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in October, 1874, contained numbers of the highly-perfumed " green 

 bug," Rhaphigaster prasinufi^ so obnoxious to delicate olfactory nerves. 

 For this good service alone the poor birds should be religiously pro- 

 ■ tected during their short visits. 



Family CYPSELIDiE. 



Sub-family CH^TURIN^. 



Genus Ch^tura, Steph. 



64. Chcetura pelagica, (Linn.) Bd. Chimney Swift. 



Hirundo pelagica, Linu. 



Chcetura pelagica, B. B. & R. 



Hirundo peJasgia, Linn., Vieil., Wils. 



Cypsehis pelasgius, Bp., Nutt., And., De Kay, Maxim. 



Chcetura pelasgia, Stepli., Bp., Aud., Bd., and authors generally. 



Acanthylis pelasgia, Temm., Woodh., Brewer. 



Length, 5.25; wing, 5.10; tail, 2.15. 



^rtft.— Eastern United States and British Provinces. (Coues.) 



One was shot on the 13tli September, 1849. On the 24th of that 



month Mr. Hurdis noticed several, left behind after the great flight of 



the Swallow tribe, already alluded to, had taken its departure. Mr. 



Bartram obtained one in September, 1874, during my residence in the 



islands, but I did not meet with the species myself. 



Family TROCHILID^. 



Genus Trochilus, Linn. 



65. Trochilus colubris, Linn. Ruby-throated Humming-bird. 



Trochilus colubris, Linn., Lath., Vieil., Wils., Jard., Bp., Sw. & Rich., Natt., 



Aud. Gir., and later authors. 

 Mellisuga colubris, Steph., Gray, Woodh. 

 Cgnanihus colubris, Jard. 

 Trochilus aureigaster, Lawr. 



Length, 3.25 ; wing, 1.60 ; tail, 1.25. 



Hab. — North America, east of Rocky Mountains, north to 57° at least, 

 south to Brazil ; Cuba ; winters in Florida (8). (Coues.) 



I found the history of this bird's occurrence in Bermuda iu a very un- 

 satisfactory state. Colonel Wedderburn writes : " There is a tradition 

 that the Humming Bird visited the islands of Bermuda iu considerable 

 numbers about thirty years ago ; but of late years they have not l>een 

 noticed till the 2Gth April, 1852, when Mr. Hurdis wrote to me, saying 

 that Mr. John Darrell (son of the attorney-general, now chief justice, of 

 those islands) had seen a Humming Bird under the windows of his father's 

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