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in October, 1874, contained numbers of the highly-perfumed “ green 
bug,” Rhaphigaster prasinus, s0 obnoxious to delicate olfactory nerves. 
For this good service alone the poor birds should be religiously pro- 
tected during their short visits. 
Family CYPSELID A. 
Sub-family CHAUSTURIN &. 
Genus CHZTURA, Steph. 
64. Chetura pelagica, (Linn.) Bd. Chimney Swift. 
Hirundo pelagica, Linn. 
Chetura pelagica, B. B. & R. 
Hirundo pelasgia, Linn., Vieil., Wils. 3 
Cypselus pelasgius, Bp., Nutt., Aud., De Kay, Maxim. 
Chetura pelasgia, Steph., Bp., Aud., Bd., and authors generally. 
Acanthylis pelasgia, Temm., Woodh., Brewer. 
Length, 5.25; wing, 5.10; tail, 2.15. 
Hab.—Eastern United States and British Provinces. (Coues.) 
One was shot on the 13th September, 1849. On the 24th of that 
month Mr. Hurdis noticed several, left behind after the great flight of 
the Swallow tribe, already alluded to, had taken its departure. Mr. 
Bartram obtained one in September, 1874, during my residence in the 
islands, but I did not meet with the species myself. 
Family TROCHILIDA. 
Genus TROCHILUS, Linn. 
65. Trochilus colubris, Linn. Ruby-throated Humming-bird. 
Trochilus colubris, Linn., Lath., Vieil., Wils., Jard., Bp., Sw. & Rich., Nutt., 
Aud. Gir., and later authors. 
Mellisuga colubris, Steph., Gray, Woodh. 
Cynanthus colubris, Jard. 
Trochilus aureigaster, Lawr. 
Length, 3.25; wing, 1.60; tail, 1.25. 
Hab.—North America, east of Rocky Mountains, north to 57° at least, 
south to Brazil; Cuba; winters in Florida (8). (Coues.) 
[ found the history of this bird’s occurrence in Bermuda in a very un- 
satisfactory state. Colonel Wedderburn writes: ‘ There is a tradition 
that the Humming Bird visited the islands of Bermuda in considerable 
numbers about thirty years ago; but of late years they have not been 
noticed till the 26th April, 1852, when Mr. Hurdis wrote to me, saying 
that Mr. John Darrell (son of the attorney-general, now chief justice, of 
those islands) had seen a Humming Bird under the windows of his father’s 
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