NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BERMUDAS. 6l 



difficult of approach. Mr. Wedderburn fired at two 

 yesterday without success. None have been seen near 

 Hamilton this season. 



February 24th, 1848. — Returning from a sail in the 

 Customs boat with my little boy, I was much pleased to 

 hear the cawing of crows, and when near the Hamilton 

 side of Timbling's Narrows, three of these birds crossed the 

 bows of the boat, flying in the direction of Point Shares. I 

 mention this little circumstance because it is the first time 

 during my long residence in this Colony that I have there 

 seen Corvus americanus alive. 



March 10th, 1848. — Mr. Wedderburn tells me that a 

 Tropic Bird was this day disturbed by one of his boat boys, 

 from a hole in the rocky shore of Burgess' Point. This is 

 the first instance that has come to my knowledge of this 

 bird being seen at so early a period of the spring. 



March 16th, 1848. — Hear from Mr. Wedderburn to-day 

 that on making enquiries from the Detachment at Gibb's 

 Hill Telegraph, he was informed that many Tropic Birds 

 have been seen within the last few days. 



March 20tk, 1848. — Examined a specimen of the Hyper- 

 borean Lobefoot, or Grey Phalarope (Lobipes hyperboreus), 

 the only one that has ever come under my observation. 

 This bird was picked up floating in Riddles Bay on the 

 1 8th instant, quite dead. It was not wounded and showed 

 no signs of injury either externally or internally. 



Length, eight and a quarter inches ; wing, upwards of 

 four inches ; extent, fourteen inches ; forehead, sides of 



