observed in the Bermuda Islands. 189 



sailed for England, the writer had not another opportunity 

 of visiting the mangrove swamps which they haunt. 



It may be worthy of note that this Kingfisher was more 

 often observed fishing in salt- than in fresh-water. 



Chordeiles virginianns virginianus (Gmel.). 



Two of these Goatsuckers passed over the marsh below 

 Government House on the evening of 6 April; and on the 

 following day two more were seen hawking for moths over 

 the trees in Somerset. 



Corvus "brachyrhyncos brachyrhyncos Brehm. 



Messrs. Bangs and Bradlee considered the species of the 

 Bermuda Crow doubtful. One skin obtained in Bermuda in 

 February, 1875_, by Captain H. Edmund and now in the 

 British Museum^ has been compared with a series of speci- 

 mens of C. b. brachyrhyncos from the mainland, and it was 

 noticed that it had less violet on the feathers of the back. 

 The wing measurement of the Bermuda bird is 11 '9 in., the 

 average wing of C. b. brachyrhyncos measuring 13"0 in. to 

 13"5 in.* Unfortunately, however, this was the only 

 Bermuda specimen which was available for examination^ 

 and possibly it may have been an immature bird. 



On 19 April two of these crows were encountered in a 

 wood near Gibb^s Hill. They flew around, calling loudly^ 

 and their behaviour led the writer to think that they must 

 have a nest near by. After a short search it was di covered^ 

 apparently halt' built, in a tall and slender tree. 



Cardinalis cardinalis cardinalis (Linn.). 

 The Cardinal is exceedingly abundant in the Bermudas. 

 The birds began to pair about 8 March, and a nest con- 

 taining fresh eggs was found on 19 April. 



Passer domesticus (Linn.). 



The European House Sparrow, originally introduced in 

 1874, is now exceedingly plentiful and is apparently in- 

 creasing in numbers. 



* Baird, B. N. A. 1858, p. 560. 



