174 THE NATURALIST IN BERMUDA. 
BLANK SEAsSoNS.—October 25th, 1850. I have assidu- 
ously hunted the neighbouring marshes, cedar groves, and 
sea coast, up to the present period, and regret to record that 
the migratory season has nearly passed away without any 
influx of the feathered tribes from the north, or any other 
point of the compass ; indeed, it promises, like some former 
ones, to be almost blank and devoid of interest to the 
ornithologist. Not a single addition has been made to our 
list since the 12th June, though my ornithological friends 
have been keenly on the qui vive for novelties. 
THE FLAMINGO—July Ist, 1850. The “ Peri;” a small 
vessel belonging to the Bermudas, and recently returned | 
from an onion voyage, brought from the island of Inagua, 
(one of the Bahamas,) two young flamingos. The master, 
J. T. Yates, tells me that he had about a dozen of these 
birds on board, all of which died at sea, excepting the two 
here mentioned. They were the property of passengers, 
and were captured the day before the “ Peri” sailed, by a 
party who walked into the country for that purpose. 
July 4th, 1850. Met with one of the “ Peri’s” passengers, 
an intelligent native named “ Hollis,” who had been present 
at the flamingo hunt above mentioned, and questioned him 
regarding what he saw of the habits, etc, of that bird. 
He stated that with some companions he visited Lake Rosa, 
at a distance of fifteen miles from the port where the 
“Peri” lay, and waded to some of the islands which dotted 
its surface, the water being only knee deep. On one of 
these islands they disturbed a large number of flamingos, 
at least two hundred, which were too shy to admit of a near 
