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October $th. — Saw two Kingfishers pass over the town 

 to-day ; have heard of several being shot. 



October gtk, 1848. — A recently killed specimen of the 

 Common Tern {Sterna hirundd) was brought to me this 

 morning. It was a young bird of the present season. 

 Length, thirteen inches. 



October 10th, 1848. — Killed one Snipe in the Governor's 

 Marsh, and found the bones of another shot by me on the 

 5th, and lost among the thick ferns. 



Hill, master of the " Lady of the Lake," arrived yesterday 

 morning from New York, tells me he saw some flocks of 

 Plover of about eighty each passing to the southward on 

 the 8th instant. 



October i^th, 1848. — The Rev. H. B. Tristram brought 

 over the skins of the Hudsonian Curlew and Prairie Wood 

 Warbler mentioned before for my inspection. The former 

 measured fifteen and three-fourth inches only in length, 

 with the bill a little over two inches on the upper part, 

 from which I conclude that it is a young bird, rather below 

 the average size. The Prairie Warbler measured four 

 and seven-tenth inches in length, but as the head was con- 

 siderably cut by heavy shot, this measurement may not be 

 very exact. The outer tail feathers, edged with white 

 externally. In other respects the specimen agreed with 

 Wilson's description. 



Mr. Wedderburn tells me he has several times noticed a 

 large species of Hawk near Boss's Cove of late, which he is 



