10 THE BIRDS OF THE BERMUDAS. 
again,’’ finally ‘‘tumbling down like a stone.’’ This is a fair 
sample of the information one may expect in Bermuda. 
Eremophila alpestris, Shore Lark.—Three examples are recorded 
by Major Wedderburn: two at St. George’s, October 25th, 1849 ; 
and one at Spanish Point, February 27th, 1850. In Mr. Bartram’s 
collection are three specimens. I shot a fine male on the north 
shore, close to the old lunatic asylum, on January 29th, 1875. It 
fell into the sea, in the middle of a huge mass of ‘‘ gulf’’ weed, 
through which I had to swim some distance for it. Fortunately I 
was not observed, or I might have found myself an inmate of the 
adjacent building. [Two others were obtained, and brought to me 
in January, 1876.—H. D.] 
Anthus ludovicianus, Brown Lark; Pipit.—Major Wedderburn 
has a specimen in his possession, shot by Mr. Fozard on November 
26th, 1848. There are two others in Mr. Bartram’s collection, shot 
by himself near St. George’s. \ 
Mniotilta varia, Black-and-White .Creeper.—In October, 1849, 
one example of this neat little warbler (it belongs to the Sylvicolide, 
though the English name points to the Certhide) was shot at St. 
George’s; and two or three more seen between that town and 
Hamilton. One was obtained at Ireland Island on October 27th, 
1852. Mr. J. M. Jones shot one in Devonshire Marsh, in January, 
1871. I found them quite common in the autumn of 1874, and 
winter succeeding it, and obtained several specimens, chiefly in the 
tall cedars of Devonshire Swamp and around Hungry Bay. This 
bird was one of my especial favourites; and I used to sit for hours 
watching its quick and graceful motions, and its dexterity in cap- 
turing insects. Its mode of ‘‘registering’’ branch after branch, 
commencing at the bottom and ending at the outermost twigs, is 
very like that of our familiar European. Creeper. 
Parula americana, Blue Yellow-backed Warbler.—This diminutive 
bird seems hardly fitted for a journey of six hundred miles across 
the ocean. Nevertheless, four examples are on record, viz.—one 
shot by Canon ‘Tristram at Ireland Island, on April 21st, 1849; 
one found by Mr. Hurdis in 1853, in a collection of Bermuda skins 
sent to him for examination; and two others seen by myself, one 
being shot near Devonshire Swamp on Ovtober 19th, i874. My 
bird proved to be a male in brilliant plumage ; the other, probably 
a female, escaped. ‘The two were fluttering and creeping about at 
the extreme end of a large cedar branch, like a veritable Parus. 
Protonotaria citrea, Prothonotary Warbler.—I had the pleasure 
of examining and identifying a specimen of this handsome warbler, 
the only one yet obtained, in Mr. Bartram’s collection. It was 
presented to him by Mr. Hyland, jun., of St. George’s, who shot 
it, near that town, out of a small flock of the species, in the autumn 
of 1874. 
Dendroéca estiva, Blue-eyed Yellow Warbler.—Mr. Bartram has 
two specimens, obtained at different dates, the only ones on record. 
It is somewhat strange that this abundant and prettily-coloured 
North American species should not have been a more frequent 
visitor, or rather more frequently observed. Doubtless it Aas found 
its way to Bermuda, like others of the genus, to a much greater 

