I20 NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BERMUDAS. 



and home through the marsh, without seeing a bird of any 

 kind. 



Mr. Orde, who had been out in the opposite direction, 

 to Peniston's Ponds, returned with twelve or thirteen 

 Swallows, among which were two species new to Ber- 

 muda, viz., the Purple Martin {Hirundo purpurea) and the 

 White-Bellied Swallow {Hirundo bicolor) of Audubon. 

 The first measured seven and a half inches in length, by- 

 fifteen and a quarter span, the latter, five and a half inches 

 long, by eleven and a half extent. Five specimens of 

 Hirundo rustica, were all alike, and answered to the 

 description of the female bird ; probably they were the 

 young of the present season. Mr. Orde mentions that he 

 must have seen two hundred Swallows at Peniston's Ponds, 

 besides thirty or forty at Mr. Harry Tucker's Pond. 



A large Hawk made its appearance yesterday morning 

 in the neighbourhood of my house, and actually alighted 

 for some time upon the roof of the Custom House. He 

 has been observed more than once since his first visit, and 

 I am in hopes he has taken a fancy to my domestic 

 Pigeons, in which case we may become better acquainted. 

 Not having seen it myself I can offer no opinion on its 

 species. 



September 2^tk. — Learn from various sources that the 

 flight of Swallows which so suddenly appeared towards the 

 evening of the 22nd instant, was equally numerous at 

 Ireland Island, Riddles Bay and Hamilton Water. Thou- 

 sands of these interesting birds are said to have visited all 

 these places precisely at the same time, and many still 

 continue about the ponds and neighbouring marshes. 



Mr. Marriott informs me that while shooting at Swallows 



