22 NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BERMUDAS. 



Government House. Went over with Dr. Cole, and suc- 

 ceeded in killing the same. It proved to be a male 

 specimen of the above-mentioned bird — Muscicapa ty- 

 rannus of Wilson. 



This is the only specimen of its kind I have seen in the 

 Bermudas. 



March ^oth. — Saw a beautiful male specimen of the 

 Hooded Flycatcher (Myiodioctes mitratus). This bird was 

 shot by Mr. Abbot at Ireland Island, and is another addi- 

 tion to the ornithology of these islands. Length, five and 

 three-tenths inches. The hen bird was seen at the same 

 time. 



April \2th, 1847. — The master of the schooner " G. O. 

 Bigelow," tells me that on his voyage to and from Alex- 

 andria, United States (from which he has just returned), 

 several little land birds came on board the vessel, but 

 what they were he knows not. That on a former voyage 

 to Halifax, Nova Scotia, he fell in with a large flock of 

 small land birds, which settled on every part of the ship, 

 and afforded excellent sport to the cat, who killed them 

 unsparingly. What they were, or the latitude and longi- 

 tude in which they were met with, I could not ascertain. 

 He further tells me that on one occasion, when about fifty 

 miles south of Halifax, a Quail flew on board which was 

 captured, and afterwards allowed to run about on deck ; it 

 remained several days with the vessel, but ultimately took 

 its departure. 



May lOtk, 1847. — Left town at half-past three in the 

 Customs boat, accompanied by Mr. Marriott. In three- 

 quarters of an hour we were at the foot of Gibbs' Hill, and 

 soon found ourselves on the south shore. Saw a Swallow, 



