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Pond; and in some of the other large swamps.” Three examples 
occurred during my stay, but I could not ascertain whether they 
bred or not in 1875. I don’t think they did so in Brackish Pond, 
where I kept a careful watch for them. Mr. Bartram has about a 
dozen specimens, scarcely two of which are alike, so variable is 
the plumage of the species. They are all in immature dress, with 
the crimson patches more or less replaced by mottled gray, but all 
possess the characteristic “yellowness” which distinguishes the 
bird from nearly all the other American Picide. 
Colaptes auratus, Golden-winged Woodpecker; Flicker.—The 
only specimens ever obtained were shot by officers of the 61st 
Regiment in Devonshire Marsh, as my friend Mr. J. M. Jones 
informed me. One or two were shot, in 1871 I think, but no 
others are on record. 
Otus Wilsonianus, Long-eared Owl.— This near ally of our 
Kuropean O. vulgaris has occurred frequently, but irregularly, 
during the winter months, generally on the highest part of the 
islands, near the lighthouse. One in Mr. Bartram’s collection was 
caught alive at Mount Langton a few years ago. This bird did not, 
to my knowledge, visit Bermuda during the year 1874-5. 
Brachyotus palustris, Short-eared Owl.—Not so frequent a visitor 
as the preceding; but, like it, appearing in the autumn and winter 
months, and usually seen on the south side, near the lighthouse. 
The attraction presented by that part of the islands would appear 
to consist of a plentiful supply of mice, which inhabit the sandy 
scrub-covered hills near the shore.* Mr. Bartram has two specimens 
of this Owl, and I obtained two myself during my stay—one at the 
Sand Hills, and another in Warwick Swamp. 
Syrnium nebulosum, Barred Owl.—Mr. Hurdis observed one of 
these birds on the 2nd April, 1851. 
Nyctea nivea, Snowy Owl.—Major Wedderburn observes (Nat. 
in B., p. 25) :—Lieut. Fayrer, R.N., shot two specimens at Boss’s 
Cove in the autumn of 1843. Another, a fine female specimen, 
was shot by a person named Llewellyn, at Ireland Island, on the 
29th November, 1853: this bird was only wounded, and when 
examined by Mr. Hurdis, on the 13th December following, ap- 
peared lively and well. When being fed, it frequently erected a 
little tuft of-feathers on each side of the head, so as to resemble 
* I saw many of these little quadrupeds, but never succeeded in capturing one, to 
my great regret, as I fancy they differed from the ordinary Mus musculus. 
