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point. Is certain the throat was not of an orange colour. 

 May not this have been a Frigate Bird {Tachypetes aquilus)} 

 Mr. W. B. Smith (of Riddles Bay) informs me that the 

 Crows (Corvus americanus) have young ones in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Warwick Church, that while driving into town 

 during the last few days he has seen them on the wing in 

 company with the old birds, and that they are easily 

 distinguished from the latter by their inferior size. 



Mr. Fozard walked to the Lighthouse yesterday, and 

 visited the south shore for the express purpose of obtaining 

 (if possible) a few specimens of the Tropic Bird. He saw 

 not a single bird of that species, though he remained 

 watching their favourite haunts until sunset. 



April %th. — Found the young of the Orpheus carolinensis, 

 or Cat Bird, some days old. This bird is very common in 

 these islands, and remains throughout the year. The 

 Pitylus cardinalis has also completed its nest, though I 

 failed in finding eggs in them. 



April iT,tk. — The Rev. H. B. Tristram informs me that 

 he has lately seen a male and female specimens of the 

 Yellow-bellied Woodpecker (Picus varius), both shot in 

 the neighbourhood of Ireland Island — the former in full 

 plumage, and the latter now in his own possession. 



April iStk. — Mr. Hodgson Smith sent me a beautiful 

 specimen of the Blue Heron {Ardea carulea) of Audubon 

 and Wilson, shot by him at Riddles Bay this morning. 

 It proved to be a female bird, in immature plumage. 



Length, twenty-one and a half inches ; extent, thirty-six 

 and a half inches ; bill, three and three-fourths inches long, 



