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migration, is alone a sufficient proof of its prowess in that 
respect. 
In the month of August I have noted a single instance 
of its being met with, viz. on the 24th, when a specimen 
was shot in the Pembroke marshes. In September they are 
not uncommon, and in October more abundant than at any 
other period, disappearing in some seasons at the end of 
that month, while in others, a few remain to the 25th of 
November, and sometimes even beyond that period. 
In the years 1849, 1850-1-2, the Carolina Crake was 
observed to visit the Islands of Bermuda, on its vernal 
migration, appearing in the latter part of February and the 
ensuing months of March and April. Of these, ten speci- 
mens were shot, and three taken alive. Of the latter, one 
flew into an officer’s quarters at St. George’s, where it was 
captured ; another was found in the barrack pig-stye at the 
same place, and the third was taken from a cat in my own 
house. 
During a south-west gale which prevailed in the Ber- 
mudas on the 9th of October, 1849, thousands of these 
erakes suddenly appeared in the marshes; and the snipe, 
(Scolopax Wilsoni,) also became unusually abundant about 
that time. On the 29th of the month not a single crake 
was to be found; the numerous flight had proceeded on its 
mysterious journey; we know not for certain in what 
direction, though we humbly presume to the south. 
It cannot be said that this departure was occasioned by 
the want of food, for the marshes were in splendid 
condition for birds of this genus; and certainly a tempera- 
ture, ranging between seventy and eighty degrees of 
Fahrenheit, could not have caused it. 
