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and flew away, taking me so much by surprise that I never thought. 
of using my gun. It was a most beautiful specimen, and must 
have been driven on shore by some heavy gale.’”? Mr. Hurdis 
records that a third example was found in an exhausted state in. 
Devonshire parish, on the 23rd October, 1854, after a severe gale 
the previous day. [A young male of this species, in curious 
plumage, was caught near Paget Quarry, and brought to me on 
the 19th September, 1875.—H. D.] 
Anous stolidus, Noddy Tern.—A solitary example was killed near 
Treland Island by Capt. Tolcher, 56th Regiment, on the 12th 
September, 1854. . 
Oceanites oceanica, Wilson’s Petrel.—Major Wedderburn says, ‘‘I 
have often seen these birds flying about near the North Rock, and 
once or twice inside the outer reefs in stormy weather, but never 
sueceeded in shooting any of them.’’ One was shot by Mr. 
Harford, 56th Regiment, some distance from the shore, on the 30th 
June, 1853. Mr. Bartram’s collection contains a specimen. I am 
not aware that this species has ever been found breeding in Ber- 
muda. I searched in vain for nests, but should not be surprised to 
hear of them being discovered there some day or other. 
Puffinus major, Wandering Shearwater.—Two recorded by Mr. 
Hurdis were taken alive on the 2nd June, 1851, near Hamilton. 
Mr. Bartram has one example in the dark plumage, which, though 
probably only a special state of P. major, has led to the creation of 
the species P. fuliginosus, or Sooty Shearwater. 
Pufinus anglorum, Manx Shearwater.—A specimen in Mr. Bar- 
tram’s collection, captured while sitting on its solitary egg in a 
rocky hole on the south shore some years ago is, I think, clearly 
referable here. The egg was unfortunately broken. There is no 
record of the bird’s breeding on any other occasion, nor of any 
other specimens being obtained; but it is quite possible that it, as. 
well as Wilson’s Petrel and other Procellaride, may formerly have 
frequented the islands in numbers, and that an occasional pair may 
revisit their old haunts. Such birds would, from their crepuscular 
habits, be but little noticed. 
Puffinus obscurus, Dusky Shearwater.—Since Mr. Hurdis, in 1849, 
identified the ‘‘ Cahow”’ or ‘‘Cowhow”’ of the historians of Ber- 
muda with this interesting species, very few observations have: 
been made on the few pairs still frequenting the islands. That the 
poor ‘‘Cahow’’ has almost ceased to breed there is a melancholy 
fact. Formerly it was plentiful, and even within the last fifteen 
years, Mr. Bartram informs me, there were many nests in the 
isolated rocks, both on the north and south shores. On the north 
side the bird was formerly called ‘‘ Pemblyco”’ or ‘‘ Pimlico,’’ 
probably from its call-note, while on the southern shores the 
name ‘‘Cahow”’ or ‘‘Cowhow’”’ was applied to it. I found two 
nests in 1874, each containing a single young bird, one of which I 
kept alive for about six weeks, intending to send him to the 
Zoological Society’s Gardens in London; but before I got an 
opportunity of doing so the unfortunate bird died. He had 
become remarkably tame, following me about the house and 
garden, waddling along awkwardly enough on his tarsi, and. 
