88 HATURAL HISTORY Of THE BERMUDAS. 



these narrow islands in their wonderful flight. Let it be 

 borne in mind that the greater portion of these land birds 

 are young and of immature growth, and consequently are 

 making their first grand essay on the wing, that they have 

 no means of resting or obtaining food while thus occupied 

 in traversing the ocean, and I think it will be freely allowed 

 that there is nothing on record more wonderful than the 

 above ornithological fact, or which more clearly displays 

 the wisdom and power of the Almighty in the creation 

 of the feathered tribes. 



November 1st, 1848. — Examined a specimen of the 

 Yellow-crowned Wood Warbler {Sylvicola coronatd), of 

 Audubon, shot by Mr. Wedderburn in the Governor's 

 Marsh this morning. It measured^ full five and a quarter 

 inches in length — was very bright yellow on the rump, paler 

 on the sides, and the crown of the head bright yellow at 

 the base of the plumage, visible only by removing the 

 surface to either side. This is the second specimen I have 

 met with in these islands. 



Also examined the wing of one of the Wild Geese shot 

 at Riddles Bay by Mr. Hodgson Smith on October 19th. 

 It consists of the two outer joints of the left wing. Extent 

 from the joint to the tip of the wings, twenty-one inches ; 

 length of second or middle bone, upwards of six inches. 

 Carpal joint, sixteen inches. Second quill-feather the 

 longest. First quill-feather curved on the inner web and 

 consequently narrowed for three and a half inches near the 

 extremity. Second quill-feather curved on both webs and 

 narrowed four inches from the point. Third quill-feather 

 sloped on the outer web only at three and a half inches 

 from the end. Primaries, ten in number, dark brown with 



