THE BIRDS OF THE BERMUDAS, 411 
visitor, seldom failing to make its appearance, in large or small 
numbers, in December or January. They were particularly 
numerous in 1850. I am credibly informed that of late years they 
have been seen in considerable numbers feeding on the parade 
ground and round about the stables, like sparrows, at Prospect 
Camp. One was seen there in December, 1874. Three, of which 
I procured one, frequented the Walsingham end of the Causeway 
in January, 1875. Others were seen at St. George’s and elsewhere 
about the same time. This bird has not appeared in spring. 
Passerculus savanna, Savannah Sparrow.—Only two on record. 
Major Wedderburn killed one in Pembroke Marsh, April 11th, 
1850; I shot one at Shelly Bay Marsh on January 29th, 1875. 
Pooécetes gramineus, Bay-winged Bunting.—One shot by Capt. 
M‘Leod at St. George’s, October 25th, 1849. [I saw several and 
shot one of them at Whale Bay, September 9th, 1876.—H. D.] 
Coturniculus Henslowii, Henslow’s Sparrow.—“* Mr. Hurdis 
shot one specimen out of a small flock of these birds in Pembroke 
Marsh, on December 2nd, 1850. They had frequented the dense 
reeds and rushes for a fortnight previously.” (Nat. in B., p. 30.) 
Melospiza palustris, Swamp Sparrow.—A solitary example was 
obtained in Pembroke Marsh on December 3rd, 1849. I sawa 
bird in the Shelley Bay Marshes in January, 1875, which I am 
almost certain belonged to this species, but I could not get a 
shot. 
Junco hyemalis, Snow Bird.—Two in the collection of Mr. 
Bartram, were shot by him at Stocks Point. 
Passer domesticus, European Sparrow.—Some few years ago a 
number of these birds were imported from New York (where they 
are now numerous), and turned out at St. George’s; but many of 
them subsequently disappeared, probably victims to the cats, which 
swarm in all parts of the islands. The remainder, however, appear 
to be flourishing, and in the spring of 1875 there were several nests 
in the new barracks above the town. A second importation, from 
New York also, took place in September, 1874, about fifty birds 
being liberated in the vicinity of Hamilton. ‘These soon scattered 
in all directions, but about a dozen took up their quarters in the 
garden of the Court House at Hamilton, and could be seen there 
daily during the winter following. I have no doubt they will 
increase and multiply after their manner, and in time become as 
much a nuisance as they are now a curiosity. I certainly question 
