70 THE NATURALIST IN BERMUDA. 
of April. He supposes it to winter in Central America. It is 
very abundant during the summer in Prince Edward Island. 
This wonderful bird, then, is known to pass over twenty- 
eight degrees of latitude, or sixteen hundred and eighty 
miles, on its migration to and from the north, traversing 
vast tracts of ocean in its flight, and disappearing in un- 
known regions of the south, where it is not unreasonable to 
suppose that it may continue its course to the temperate 
latitudes of that hemisphere. 
CAROLINA LONG-TAILED Dove (Ketopistes Carolinensis). 
On the 30th of October, 1854, Mr. Walker presented me 
with a newly-killed specimen of this dove, which had been 
captured alive by a coloured person, residing near Spanish 
Point. It was very plump and fat. 
GrouND Dove (Columba passerina). This beautiful dove, 
the smallest of the pigeon tribe, 1s common in the Bermudas, 
where it has thoroughly established itself as a native bird. 
It is generally seen feeding in flocks, of five or six together, 
in the highways and enclosures. Its nest is a mere platform 
of twigs, and is generally placed on the lower branch of a 
cedar tree. It lays two white eggs, and when disturbed, 
will attempt to lead the intruder from its nest by fluttering 
along the ground. 
AMERICAN PARTRIDGE, or QUAIL (Ortye Varginiana),. 
Although a migratory bird in some parts of North America, 
the quail has certainly never found its way to the Bermudas, 
from 1840 to 1855; Major Wedderburn is, therefore, per- 
fectly justified in considering it to be extinct in those 
islands. That it was by no means uncommon a few years 
ago, is sufficiently proved by the testimony of persons, still 
living, who have enjoyed the sport of quail shooting, when 
