476 . THE ZOOLOGIST. 
Philohela minor, American Woodcock.—* A single specimen 
was shot near Hamilton in October, 1842, and one was supposed 
to have been seen at Hungry Bay a few years afterwards by 
Mr. Fozard” (Nat. in B., p. 42). 
Gallinago Wilsonii, American Snipe.—Usually makes its first 
appearance at the beginning of October, a straggler or two 
remaining till January, and occurs also in March, April and May 
in limited numbers on its northward journey. It has been seen as 
early as the 13th September (Hurdis). It seems rather a farce to 
talk of the snipe-shooting in Bermuda; but occasionally large 
flights come in, and really fair bags are made, such as six or nine 
couple a-day to two guns. Pembroke Marsh is the great place 
for them, and a few usually take up their quarters in Devonshire 
Swamp. They are very good eating at first, but soon become 
rank from feeding in the brackish wud. They lie closer than our 
European Snipe, and a dog is a sine gud non in the thick scrub- 
grown marshes. ‘Their note is very similar, but they differ some- 
what in plumage, especially in having sixteen tei lanes instead 
of fourteen like our bird. 
Gallinago media, English Snipe.—We have Major Wedderburn’s 
authority for the occurrence of this bird in Bermuda. He shot two 
in Pembroke Marsh in December, 1847. 
Macrorhamphus griseus, Red-breasted Snipe.—One “shot by 
Capt. Orde on the 29th September, 1847, at Harris’s Bay ; another 
was killed by Mr. C. Fozard on the 21st August, 1848” (Nat. in B., 
p. 43). A third was obtained on Pearl Island on September 10th, 
1874, by Capt. Kirkwood, 53rd Regiment. This specimen was 
preserved by Capt. Rooke, who kindly presented it to me. [Three 
others were shot by Lieut. Festing, of the 20th Regiment, at 
Peniston’s Pond, on the 17th September, 1875.—H. D.] 
Micropalama himantopus, Long-legged Sandpiper. — Major 
Wedderburn killed two, one of which he unfortunately lost, in the © 
beginning of August,1848. [Lieut. Festing shot one at Peniston’s 
Pond early in September, 1875.—H. D.]} 
Ereunetles pusillus, Semipalmated Sandpiper.—A regular visitor, 
arriving about the Ist August, or a few days earlier, and found in 
small flocks in the sandy bays, and on the margins of the open 
brackish ponds throughout the islands. They do not remain long. 
Tringa minutilla, American Stint.— Arrives about the same 
time, and frequents the same localities, as the preceding species. 
