NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BERMUDAS. 21 



The favourite resort of these birds is among the small 

 islands at the entrance of Castle Harbour, on the shores of 

 Harrington Sound, and along the south coast from the 

 lighthouse] to the north-west extremity of Somerset. 

 Plumage, white ; ocular region and shoulders, black ; 

 primary quills, of the same colour; bill, red. It has TWO 

 extremely elongated feathers in the tail. This bird in- 

 habits the warm latitudes of the Atlantic Ocean. It is 

 described by Audubon, but not by Wilson. 



March 22nd, 1847. — Mr. Marriott informs me that near 

 Port Royal Church, yesterday, he observed upwards of one 

 hundred of the Phaeton cethereus or Tropic Bird in that 

 immediate neighbourhood. 



March 2\th, 1847. — Mr. Abbot confirms the above by 

 stating that he has observed several Tropic Birds, within 

 the last few days, about the Great Sound, or, in other 

 words, " that they have already come back." 



March 2/^th, 1847. — Saw a very fine specimen of the 

 Anas discors, or Blue-winged Teal, shot by Mr. Abbot 

 in the Chief Justice's Pond. It was a male bird ; measured 

 sixteen inches in length and twenty-four and a half in 

 breadth. The two crescents of white on the head did not 

 unite below by half an inch. A second bird of the same 

 kind was also shot in the same pond by Mr. Abbot, but 

 not recovered by him. 



March 29th, 1847. — Heard this morning from the Rev. 

 H. B. Tristram that a strange bird (supposed to be the 

 " King Bird," or Tyrant Flycatcher), had been seen near 



