406 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
Pyranga rubra, Scarlet Tanager.— This handsome bird has 
visited the Bermudas on its vernal migration on several occasions. 
Two or three examples were obtained in April, 1850; four were 
seen, and one shot, in May, 1851. Mr. Bartram has several 
specimens, male and female, and obtained a splendid male near 
his house early in May, 1875. One was seen and nearly captured 
after an exciting hunt by Lieut. Denison, R.E., at Somerset, on 
April 25th, 1875. Mr. J. M. Jones informs me that a male was 
shot on the edge of the lagoon at Ireland Island on May 6th, 1869; 
also that another frequented a garden in Smith’s Parish for several 
days at the beginning of May, 1875. The female is such an 
obscure-looking bird that she doubtless often escapes the notice 
invariably accorded to her brilliant partner. There is no recorded 
instance of the occurrence of this speeies on its southward journey. 
Capt. Rooke, 53rd Regiment, and I saw what we took to be a female 
Scarlet Tanager on October 17th, 1874, near Basden’s Pond; but 
we could not get a shot to confirm our suspicions. 
Pyranga estiva, Summer Red Bird.—The same remarks apply 
to this species, with reference to its visits to the islands, as to the 
preceding. It appears to have been especially numerous in April, 
1850, when a female was shot on the 9th; a beautiful male, by 
Major Wedderburn, at Peniston’s Pond, on the 19th; two by the 
same gentleman, at Harris’s Bay, on the 20th; and several others. 
Mr. Bartram has a male and two females, one of the latter killed a 
year or two since. On the 29th April, 1875, I shot a fine female in 
Smith’s Marsh; it was in wonderful condition, the body being 
literally coated with layers of orange-coloured fat. The stomach 
was full of the remains of the Bermuda wasp—a most unpalatable- 
looking morsel, | should have thought. Wilson alludes to the 
inseclivorous habits of this species. 
Hirundo horreorum, Barn Swallow.—lI shall take the liberty of 
quoting from the ‘ Naturalist in Bermuda,’ to illustrate the uncertain 
appearance of the Swallow tribe in the islands. Mr, Hurdis says 
(p. 68):—“ 1 can with safety affirm that from October, 1840, to 
September 12th, 1846, not a Swallow of any description came 
under my observation, though | believe they were sufficiently 
common in the September of the former year.” Major Wedderburn 
says of this species (p. 34) :— Rarely seen in April and May, but 
sometimes numerous in August and September. 1 have seen it as 
early as August Ist in the year 1848, at Hamilton, and they were 
