BIRDS OF BERMUDA. 25% 
“Two days afterwards I met Stone, the town constable, who was in 
pursuit of the tall white bird when I fired at it, and, from being con- 
cealed among the mangroves, had a fair opportunity of observing its 
form and appearance, who confidently asserted that it was ‘no Heron.’ 
He described the bird as brownish-white in plumage with a very long 
neck, equally long legs, and a peculiar bill something like a parrot’s. 
Referring to Wilson’s print of the Wood Ibis (Tantalus loculator), he 
at once said it was too long in the bill and too heavy in the formation 
of the neck and body for the bird he saw. His eye then caught sight 
of Wilson’s figure of the Flamingo, which he said was precisely the 
shape and make of the bird in question, and the form of the bill ex- 
actly similar. Now, the only part of the tall stranger concealed from 
my observation was the head; I have therefore no doubt whatever, 
judging from Stone’s testimony, and from what I observed myself, that 
this bird was a Flamingo in the immature greyish-white plumage of the 
first year. Stone informed me that he followed this Flamingo to Pen- 
iston’s Pond, distant about two miles, where he shot at it without suc- 
cess. As the bird was not met with afterwards it no doubt took its 
departure from the Bermudas.” 
Family ANATIDA. 
Sub-family CYGNIN Ai. 
Genus Cyenus, Linn. 
139. Cygnus americanus, Sharpless. American or Whistling Swan. 
Cygnus musicus, Bp., Linsl. 
Cygnus bewickii, Sw. & Rich., Nutt. 
Cygnus ferus, Nutt. 
Cygnus americanus, Sharpless, Aud., Gir., Coop. & Suck., Bd., Coues & Prent., 
Coues, Lawr., and authors generally. 
Olor americanus, Bp. 
Length, 55; wing, 22.00; tarsus, 4.25. 
Hab.—Continent of North America; breeding only in the far north; 
wintering in United States. (Coues.) 
One was shot in White’s Marsh, near Hamilton, in 1835 or 1836, as 
related to Mr. Hurdis by credible witnesses in 1850. It was observed in 
the marsh for three or four days before it was obtained (by a man named 
Dunscomb), and was by no means shy or difficult of approach. It was 
sold, as might have been expected, as an article of food, and realized 
the sum of $3. (Hurdis.) 
