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105. Larus sahinii — Fork-tailed GfuU. 



106. Larus honapartii — Bonaparte's Gull. 



107. Lanes tridadylus — Kittiwake Gull. 



108. Larus zonorliynchus — Eing-billed or commou American Gull. 



109. Larus occidtntaUs — Western Gull. 



110. Larus argentatus — Herring or Silvery Gull. 



111. Puffinus ohscurus — Dusky Shearwater. 



112. Tlialassidroma loilsonii — Wilson's Petrel, or Mother Gary's 



Chicken. 



113. Podiceps cornutus — Horned Grebe. 



114. Podiceps caroUnensis — Pied-billed Dobcliick. 



There is every reason to believe that the following birds have also 

 been observed in the Bermudas, but as specimens of them have not 

 yet been obtained they are considered to be " doubtful." 



Falco sparverius — Sparrow Hawk, (of Audubon.) 



Surnia funerea — Hawk Owl, (of Audubon.) 



Trochilus colubris — Ruby-tliroated Humming Bird. 



Edopistes migratoria — Passenger Pigeon. 



Ectopistes caroUnensis — Carolina Long-tailed Dove, (of Audubon.) 



Tringa maritima — Purple Sandpiper, (of Audubon.) 



Ibis fcdcinellus — Glossy Ibis, (of Audubon.) 



Pha'tiicopterus ruber — American Flamingo, (of Audubon.) 



Anser canadensis — Canada Goose. 



Mergus merganser — Goosander. 



Pelecanus fuscus — Brown Pelican. 



Larus atricilla — Black-headed Gull. 



Note. — Since this article went to press a small work has been published by J. M. Jones, 

 entitled "The Naturalist in Bermuda," London, Beeves & Turner, 1859, containing valu- 

 able information respecting the natural history of Bermuda. A list of birds furnished by 

 Major J. W. Wedderburn, contains the following additions to the catalogue of Lieutenant 

 Bland: 



Cathartes aura, Falco sparverius, Astur fuscus, Lanius borealis, Muscicapa dominicennis, 

 Muscicapa virens, Turd as olivaceus, Turdua migratorius, Trichas marilandica, Alauda 

 arvensis, Emberiza savanna, Emberiza henslowi, Pyranga aestiva, Pyranga rubra, Loxia 

 curvirostra, Loxia leucoptera, Trochilus colubris, Ectopistes carolinensis, Himantopus 

 uigricollis, Rallus virginianus, Anas strepera. Anas boschas, Anas americana, Fuligula 

 clangula, Fuligula rulitorques, Fuligula rubida, Fuligula valisneriaua, Pelecanus fuscus, 

 Sterna stolida, Puftinus cinereus. 



The following additions are made in the same work by J. L. Hurdis, esq.: 



Ilaliaetus leucocephaius, Syrnium nebulosum, Carduelis tristis, Larus marinus, Mergulus 

 alle, making an addition of 35 species. — Total 149. 



Nearly all the species in the list are essentially those of the North American continent, 

 none being peculiar to the West Indies. The following are P]uropean species: Saxicola 

 oenanthe, Alauda arvensis, Crex pratensis, Scolopax gcdLinago. Of these the first and third have 

 Ijeen taken in the United States, where the others will probably yet be found. — Seciietaby 



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