I iS NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BERMUDAS. 



September i$th. — Mr. Fozard reports that he saw a Snipe 

 (Scolopax wilsonii) last evening, on his return across the 

 Governor's Marsh, having been to the north side seeking 

 Plover. This being unusually early for the arrival of this 

 bird, I proceeded in the evening, with Mr. Fozard, to the 

 marsh in question, where we succeeded in finding a couple 

 of genuine Snipe, wild, and strong on the wing when 

 flushed. One of these I killed and brought in. 



This is the only instance within my experience of the 

 Snipe visiting the Bermudas in the month of September. 



At the head of the Governor's Marsh, near Minton's 

 Cottage, we met with a solitary Spine-tailed or Chimney 

 Swallow, Chcetura pelasgia, of Audubon, which I contrived 

 to bring down. This is the only bird of this species I have 

 met with in these islands, and is consequently an addition 

 to our fauna. 



Yesterday and to-day the wind has blown a fresh breeze 

 from the east and east-north-east. Flocks of Plover were 

 distinctly heard by several persons last night, passing over 

 these islands to the southward. None, however, have 

 deigned to notice the Bermudas. 



September iytk. — Mr. Marriott showed me a very pretty 

 specimen of the Sanderling (Calidris arenarid) shot by him 

 this morning, on the beach, near the sand hills, on the 

 south shore. There were five birds in all of this species 

 when the above was killed. 



September iSt/i. — Flocks of Golden Plover continue to 

 be heard nightly, as they pass over these islands in the 

 usual direction. Not only are they heard by persons 

 residing in Hamilton and Ireland Island, but in various 



