Xl INTRODUCTION. 
The migration of birds in the western hemisphere is a 
subject of enquiry concerning which, little progress has yet 
been made, and which for many years to come will require 
the close observations of naturalists to compass its vast 
extent. In the pages of this little work, the reader will 
find a clear and interesting account of the migration of that 
remarkable wanderer, the golden plover of America, by a 
gentleman long resident in the Bermudas; and which, we 
think, will tend to throw considerable ght upon the 
principle of migration. To gain a thorough knowledge of 
the marvellous movements of the feathered race, intelligent 
observers should be selected at various distant localities, and 
as many birds may be supposed to follow the land in pre- 
ference to crossing the sea, the Isthmus of Darien should 
on no account be neglected as an important point of obser- 
vation: thus, by the united efforts of many, the mysterious 
cloud which at present veils the wonders of migration, may 
be dispelled, to shew forth in still brighter splendour the 
stupendous power of Him who ordereth all things so wisely 
and so well. 
