36 THE NATURALIST IN BERMUDA. 
few near St. George’s. On the 21st of April, 1852, a number 
of these birds appeared in Pembroke Marsh, remaining a 
couple of days, and leaving a few stragglers behind, which 
disappeared soon after them. I have seen the night hawk 
as late as the 14th of May, 1850. Excepting those already 
mentioned as sitting on the guns, at Ireland Island, I never 
‘saw them during the day time; like our European Nightjar, 
I suppose they sit along the branches of trees, looking so 
like part of the tree itself, that it is difficult to see them. 
GRouND Dove (Columba passerina). Very common ; 
breeds, and remains all the year round. 
CAROLINA LONG-TAILED. DOVE (Kctopistes Carolinensis.) 
This beautiful bird was supposed to have been seen in 
Somerset, in 1847. A single specimen was shot by Cap- 
tain Harvey, of Bermuda, on the 20th of March, 1850, and 
is now in my collection. 
VIRGINIAN COLIN, or QUAIL (Ortyx Virginiana). This 
bird was known to breed in Bermuda,,about thirty years 
ago, but it must now be extinct, none having been seen for 
many years.* 
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER (Charadrius marmoratus). 
During some years, large flocks of these birds pass over the 
islands, in the months of September and October; but, unless 
in stormy weather, they do not alight in any great numbers. 
I have seen it as early as the 21st August, 1847, at Ireland 
Island; again, on the 25th July, 1848, at Hamilton; the 
latter was a single bird, sitting on the road, close to the 
* Richard Darrell, Esq., (of Lincoln’s Inn, eldest son of Chief Justice 
Darrell,) now resident upon the islands, has recently imported several 
pairs of these birds from the United States, to turn out; and, by the last 
- accounts, they are increasing rapidly, and spreading over the main island. 
