412 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
the propriety of introducing these quarrelsome birds (for the sake 
of the war they wage on the insect tribes during the breeding 
season only) into the aristocratic society of the Blue and Red Birds, 
which they will infallibly drive in course of time out of the town 
gardens and enclosures altogether. 1 observed a single specimen 
of the European Goldfinch, Carduelis elegans, near Harrington 
Sound, in April, 1875; it was very wild, and I could not get near 
it, but I imagine it must have been an escaped prisoner. This 
species is reported to have occurred in Massachusetts (Allen, Am. 
Nat. iii. p. 635), but the same explanation doubtless applies. 
Passerella iliaca, Fox Sparrow.—Only one yet obtained; shot 
by Mr. Bartram in a bush near his house a few years since. 
Goniaphea ludoviciana, Rose-beaked Grosbeak.—A female bird 
of this species was shot by Colonel Drummond on the 9th October, 
1849, near St. George’s, and a fine male by Mr. Hurdis on the 15th 
April, 1850. Mr. Bartram has four specimens, one of which is a 
male in immature plumage. A female was caught by a cat in the 
town of Hamilton on the 16th October, 1874. The species appears 
to visit Bermuda twice. 
Cyanospiza cyanea, Indigo Bird.—I had the pleasure of intro- 
ducing this species into the Bermuda lists, the first specimen 
being a female shot near Devonshire Church, on January 14th, 
1875. In March following I examined an imwature male, shot by 
Mr. Bartram on the Ist of that month, and also unearthed two 
dingy female specimens in his collection, killed some years pre- 
viously. I obtaiued a female in Devonshire Marsh on the 8th, 
a young male on the 11th, and another on the 22nd of March, and 
one or Lwo others were subsequently procured in the same locality. 
There appeared to have been a regular “entrada” of them, and it 
was remarkable how pertinaciously they stuck to certain cedar 
groves round about Devonshire Church. I saw many others, and 
watched the changes of plumage of the male birds with great 
interest. By the end of April they had acquired the rich blue 
livery of the adult, and rivalled the Blue Bird in brilliancy of 
colouring. Lieut. Tallents, of the 20th Regiment, shot a splendid 
specimen on April 29th. This was the last we saw, and I imagine 
they all departed shortly afterwards, though we fondly hoped they 
might stay to breed. I found them easily approached at first, but 
when once disturbed they flew very rapidly away into the thick 
cedars. Their call-note was a loud, harsh “ chee” or “ tzee.” 
