342 S. F. Baird on the Distribution and 
falco, Nyctea nivea, Pleetrophanes nivalis, and Lagopus var. hyper- 
boreus e birds of Jan Mayen’s Land, which lies in a 
direct line between Iceland and Spitzbergen, and nearer to 
Greenland than, to either, I have seen no catalogue; but they 
probably have some relationship to Greenland species. 
Bermuda,’ in lat. 82° 16’ and long. 64° 51’, is about 700 
miles off the coast of the Carolinas, Cape Hatteras being the 
nearest land. It is nearly on the same parallel with Charleston, 
and about 900 miles south of Nova Scotia, nearly midway be- 
tween the latter and the Virgin Islands of the West Indies. 
The entire group to which it belongs is about fourteen miles in 
length by about three or four in width. There are no indigen- 
ous Vertebrates, with the exception of a lizard (Plestiodon longi 
rostris Cope, Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci., 1861, 315), and the birds are 
entirely North American in character, much like those of the 
middle United States. The fauna is especially characterized by 
the existence throughout the year, and the breeding, of the fol- 
lowing birds: Vireo Noveboracensis, Galeoscoptes Oarolinensis, Sia- 
lia sialis, Cardinalis Virginianus, Corvus Americanus (said to have 
been introduced), Chamepelia passerina, ? Gallinula galeata. 
n addition to these the following species are supposed to 
breed occasionally in the islands: Sphyropicus varius, Ardea he- 
rodias, 
All the other species appear to be accidental visitors, noted 
for a day or two one year, and not seen again perhaps for 
several. By far the greater number make their appearance 12 
autumn only, very few occurring in spring. ‘ 
There are no West Indian birds, properly so called, in the 
Bermudas; and the occurrence of Milvults tyrannus, @ South 
American species, is very questionable. 
A few species of European birds have been noted in the Ber- 
mudas, consisting of Sazicola enanthe, Alauda arvensis, aD 
Gallinago media. 
It will be noticed that the first and the last of these have beet 
found in Greenland, the Sazicola on the continent on y: 
As out of the line of migration of our land birds, it is not 
likely that there are any regular visitors to the Bermudas, €” 
route for other regions, the great majority of the species detected 
there having, in all probability in most cases. been driven out of 
their course by storms. They certainly do not all stop en route to 
the West Indies, as many of the species are not found in the 
latter islands, 
* See * Orni of th * © Sacdtie’s Contettuti i ‘a 
1049 and 1850, and "The Natnraliat in Bersde’ yor ee Oren ast. 
