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‘particularly as it did not mix with the other Crows, and was shot 
on a small island it frequented; but subsequent examination 
‘inclined me to believe it was only an unusually large bird, perhaps 
a little stretched in stuffing—probably the variety C. floridanus of 
Baird. Ordinary specimens measure 18 to 20 inches. 
Tyrannus carolinensis, King Bird; Bee Martin.—Recorded as very 
numerous in all the swamps in 1850, but not mentioned as occur- 
ring at other times, though Mr. Bartram has one or two specimens 
of a later date. It would appear to be only a spring visitant. A 
considerable number appeared in April, 1875, a small band of these 
attaching themselves to the Devonshire and Hungry Bay district, 
where several specimens, male and female, were obtained. These 
were all immature, or rather in winter plumage, with the flame- 
coloured head-patch concealed by black tips to the feathers. 
[Several were seen by me at Hungry Bay on the 22nd September, 
1875. Unfortunately I did not procure a specimen, and so estab- 
lish the fact of this species visiting Bermuda on its southern jour- 
ney.—H. D.] 
Tyrannus dominicensis, Grey King Bird; Pipiry Flycatcher.—Only 
three specimens are on record, viz., one obtained by Major Wed- 
derburn in Mr. Hurdis’s garden on March 30th, 1850, and two 
others on St. David’s Island on April 15th, 1850. 
Contopus borealis, Olive-sided Flycatcher.—Mr. Bartram has one, 
shot by himself on his farm not many years since. 
Contopus virens, Wood Pewee Flycatcher.—A single example was 
obtained by Mr. Hurdis on April 30th, 1852. 
Empidonax Traillii, Trails Flycatcher.—One specimen is in Mr. 
Bartram’s collection, shot at Stocks Point. 
Chordeiles virginianus, Night Hawk.—I cannot do better than 
quote from ‘‘ The Naturalist in Bermuda”’ the following :—‘‘ These 
curidus birds are sometimes very common in April, and also in 
September and October on their migration north and south. The 
marsh below Government House was their great resort, when, just 
as it was getting dusk, they would appear one by one, and soon be 
skimming about in all directions, uttering every now and then a 
sharp whirring sort of cry. They double and rush about in a most 
wonderful manner, frequently depressing first one side, then the 
other. Although flying close together, they seem to try and keep 
apart, each having seemingly its own hunting ground’’ (Wedder- 
burn). ‘‘When this bird visits the islands of Bermuda from the 
north, it invariably appears between the 20th of September and the 
11th of October, and, on its vernal flight from the south, arrives 
with wonderful precision between the 23rd and 30th of April”’ 
(Hurdis). Individuals of this species were observed by officers of 
Prospect Garrison on February 20th and 28th, 1875. It would 
almost seem probable that these wintered in Bermuda; but the 
question requires further investigation. They are occasionally 
picked up dead or in a dying condition. One was found dead in 
the streets of St. George’s on the 26th April, 1875, and a live one 
was brought to me the same day. The stomachs of several exam- 
ined, in October, 1874, contained numbers of the highly-perfumed 
‘‘ereen bug,”’ Rhaphigaster prasinus, so obnoxious to delicate olfac- 
