250 BIRDS OF BERMUDA. 



Mr. Bartram lias several specimens. I am almost sure I saw one in 

 Devonsliii-e Swamp in February, 1875. The shy habits and nature of 

 the haunts of this species doubtless prevent many examples being 

 recorded in the visiting list. 



Genus Fulioa, Linn. 



137. Fulica americana, Gm. American Coot. 



Fulica americana, Gm., Lath., Bp., Sw. & Rich., Sah., Nutt., Aud., Bd., 

 Coues, and of all late American writers— Scl., Scl. & Salv., Sund., Reinh., 

 Gosse, 



Fulica wilsoni, Steph. 



Fulica atra, Wils. 



Length, about 14 ; wing, 7 ; tail, 2. 



Hab. — Entire temperate North America, Alaska, Greenland, Mexico^ 

 West Indies, Central America. (Coues.) 



A regular visitor in autumn, but never in great numbers. It also oc- 

 curs on its northward journey, for Mr. Hurdis records one killed at 

 Somerset on the 28th May, 1847, and I watched one close to me at Bas- 

 den's Pond on the 27th April, 1875. 



Order LAMELLIROSTRES. 



Family PHOENICOPTERID^. 



Genus Phcenicopterus, Linn. 



138. Phcenicopterus ruber, Linn. American Flamingo. 



Phoenicopterus ruber, Linn., Gm., Wils., Bp., Nutt., Aud. 



Length, 45 inches; wing, 16.50; tarsus, 12; bill, 5.90. 



Mob. — Warmer parts of America. Bare on the Florida Keys. 

 (Baird.) 



Though never actually obtained in the Bermudas, I think the follow- 

 ing interesting account from Mr. Hurdis's MS. notes entitles this fine 

 bird to a place in the island list : " On the 24th September, 1849, being 

 two days after the occurrence of an extraordinary flight of the Swallow 

 tribe, I happened to be skirting the shore of Hungry Bay in search 

 of novelties, when, i)eering through the roots of the belt of mangrove 

 trees by which the shallow water of the bay is surrounded, a large white, 

 or greenish-white, bird, which I took to be some tall species of Heron, 

 was discovered standing in a very upright position within long shot of 

 me. In the hurr}' of the moment I unfortunately discharged the barrel 

 of my gun which was loaded with small shot, and the stranger was soon 

 afterwards seen topping the mangroves in an easterly direction. 



