32. THE NATURALIST IN BERMUDA. 
were killed in April, 1850; they seemed to have arrived at 
the same time with the summer red birds. Mr Hurdis 
gave me a male specimen, which had been obtained near the 
south shore. 
LESSER REDPOLE (Linaria minor). Dr. Cole (20th Regi- 
ment), shot a specimen on the 8th February, 1847; I killed 
another at the upper part of Hamilton water, 11th October, 
1847 ; and one or two other specimens were afterwards ob- 
tained; one, on the 24th January, 1850, by Mr. Marriott, 
of H. M. Customs. 
THE CROSSBILL (Loxia curvirostra). A specimen of this 
bird was captured in the dockyard, at Ireland Island, 20th 
January, 1850, and got quite tame, and lived for several 
days in my room, but poisoned itself by eating part of a 
composite candle, which it had nearly cut in half with its 
strong bill during the night. I shot three specimens near 
Mr. Ewing’s house, 5th April, 1850, and saw a small flock 
on several occasions, near Pitt’s Bay, but they were so shy, 
I could not get near them. They disappeared early in May. 
WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL (S. Jeucoptera). Mr. Falconer 
presented Mr. Hurdis with a beautiful male specimen, 
which one of his pupils had killed on the 11th May, 1852. 
This bird is now in my collection; it was in the mottled 
plumage of carmine and black, with a touch of yellow on 
the rump. The same lad who killed this bird had another 
in his possession, in grey plumage. Mr. Hurdis also ex- 
amined a female specimen, preserved by Lieut. (now Capt.) 
Clutterbuck (56th Regt.), which had been shot at Somerset, 
in March, 1852. ? 
AMERICAN Crow (Corvus Americanus). A few of these 
birds are generally to be seen, between the lighthouse and 
