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flock of four, met with in Facey's Marsh. It closely re- 

 sembles the Tit Lark of Great Britain. 



November 27th, 1848. — Mr. Wedderburn met with two 

 Snipe in this neighbourhood to-day. 



November 29th, 1848. — Saw a specimen of the Yellow- 

 bellied Woodpecker (Picus varius), shot by Mr. Wedder- 

 burn this day. With the exception of one Carolina Water 

 Crake, no other bird was met with. 



I have every reason to believe that on the 27th a Qua 

 Bird, or American Night Heron, of Audubon (Ardea 

 nycticorax), in adult plumage, was shot at the sluice gates, 

 by a young man named Walker. He describes the bird as 

 larger than a duck, not web-footed, of a bluish grey and 

 white colour, and with two or three white feathers, nearly 

 as long as the finger, projecting from the crown or crest 

 at the back of the head. The bird — as usual in Bermuda 

 — was destroyed. I have endeavoured to obtain some 

 portion of it, and have been promised a leg and a wing, 

 but as yet they have not been received. Should this cir- 

 cumstance be confirmed, it will be the first instance of an 

 adult specimen of this bird coming under my observation 

 here. 



December 4th, 1848. — Two Snipe were killed this morn- 

 ing by Mr. Wedderburn. None found in the afternoon. 



Saw the person who is supposed to have shot the Qua 

 Bird on the 27th ultimo, and from his description of the 



