THE BIRDS OF THE BERMUDAS. a7 
Pooécetes gramineus, Bay-winged Bunting.—One shot by Capt. 
M‘Leod at St. George’s, October 25th, 1849. [I saw several and 
shot one of them at Whale Bay, September 9th, 1876.—H. D.} 
Coturniculus Henslowii, Henslow’s Sparrow.—‘‘ Mr. Hurdis shot 
one specimen out of a small flock of these birds in Pembroke 
Marsh, on December 2nd, 1850. They had frequented the dense 
reeds and rushes for a fortnight previously.’”’ (Nat. in B., p. 30.) 
Melospiza palustris, Swamp Sparrow.—A solitary example was 
obtained in Pembroke Marsh on December 3rd, 1849. I saw a bird 
in the Shelly Bay Marshes in January, 1875, which I am almost 
certain belonged to this species, but I could not get a shot. 
Junco hyemalis, Snow Bird.—Two in the collection of Mr. Bar- 
tram, were shot by him at Stocks Point. 
Passer domesticus, European Sparrow.—Some few years ago a 
number of these birds were imported from New York (where they 
are how humerous), and turned out at St. George’s; but many of 
them subsequently disappeared, probably victims to the cats, which 
swarm in all parts of the islands. ‘The remaindcr, however, appear 
to be flourishing, and in the spring of 1875 there were several nests 
in the new barracks above the town. A second importation, from 
New York also, took place in September, 1874, about fifty birds 
being liberated in the vicinity of Hamilton. These soon scattered 
in all directions, but about a dozen took up their quarters in the 
garden of the Court House at Hamilton, and could be seen there 
daily during the winter following. I have no doubt they will 
increase and multiply after their manner, and in time become as 
much a nuisance as they are now a curiosity. I certainly question 
the propriety of introducing these quarrelsome birds (for the sake 
of the war they wage on the insect tribes during the breeding 
season only) into the aristocratic society of the Blue and Red Birds, 
which they will infallibly drive in course of time out of the town 
gardens and enclosures altogether. I observed a single specimen 
of the European Goldfinch, Carduelis elegans, near Harrington 
Sound, in April, 1875; it was very wild, and I could not get near 
it, but I imagine it must have been an escaped prisoner. This 
species is reported to have occurred in Massachusetts (Allen, Am. 
Nat. iii. p. 635), but the same explanation doubtless applies. 
Passerella iliaca, Fox Sparrow.—Only one yet obtained ; shot by 
Mr. Bartram in a bush near his house a few years since. 
Goniaphea ludoviciana, Rose-beaked Grosbeak.—A female bird of 
this species was shot by Colonel Drummond on the 9th October, 
1849, near St. George’s, and a fine male by Mr. Hurdis on the 15th 
April, 1850. Mr. Bartram has four specimens, one of which is a 
male in immature plumage. A female was caught by a cat in the 
town of Hamilton on the 16th October, 1874. The species appears 
to visit Bermuda twice. 
Cyanospiza cyanea, Indigo Bird.—I had the pleasure of intro- 
ducing this species into the Bermuda lists, the first specimen being 
a female shot near Devonshire Church, on January 14th, 1875. In 
March following I examined an immature male, shot by Mr. 
Bartram on the Ist of that month, and also unearthed two dingy 
female specimens in his collection, killed some years previously. 
