Vol. XVIII 

 1901 



1 Bangs and Bradlee, Birds of Bermuda. 249 



express purpose of dissecting, otherwise the odour of the rum will 

 bring the excisemen upon us. 



Please present my best regards to Mr. Victor, and be assured 

 that, negligent as I am as to writing, I ever cherish a lively 

 remembrance of you all, being perfectly assured that with him 

 after whom my dearest William Craigie was named, you are my 

 best friends. Pray God to keep you all and send us a happy 

 meeting first in Edinburgh and finally in Heaven. 



I have the honor to be, dear Madam 



Your most obedient servant 



W. MacGiUivray. 



THE RESIDENT LAND BIRDS OF BERMUDA. 



BY OUTRAM BANGS AND THOMAS S. BRADLEE. 



Apart from a few sea birds that breed in Bermuda, there are 

 but some ten species of birds ^ that are resident in the islands. 

 Three of these — the House Sparrow, the European Goldfinch, and 

 the Bob-white — have been introduced by man. Thus the indige- 

 nous ornis of Bermuda includes but seven species of Land Birds — 

 the Ground Dove, the Florida Gallinule, the Crow, the White-eyed 

 Vireo, the Bluebird, the Catbird, and the Cardinal. 



Many species of North American birds visit Bermuda, more or 

 less regularly, on migration, and a few unexpected stragglers, such 

 as the Corn Crake, the English Snipe, the Sky Lark, and the 

 Wheatear have been taken there, but except in the cases of a few 

 species, Bermuda does not lie in the regular line of migration and 

 the coming and going of North American migrants are matters of 

 much uncertainty. 



In the various lists of the birds of Bermuda that have been pub- 



1 The Great Blue Heron and the Red-tailed Hawk are said to each have bred 

 once in Bermuda. See Capt. Savile G. Reid's ' List of the Birds of Bermuda,' 

 Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 25, 18S4, pp. 220-221 and p. 242. 



