NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BERMUDAS. 1 23 



September 27th. — While out with my gun last evening I 

 observed a small bird very closely resembling the White-eyed 

 Greenlet, of these islands, in appearance. The sharpness 

 of its "twit- twit" alone attracted my notice, and I had 

 almost persuaded myself to risk the cruelty of a mistake, 

 when the bird moved off into a grove of mangroves. On 

 my return home Mr. Orde called with a small bird in his 

 hand, wishing to know if it was the Greenlet of these 

 islands, commonly called " Chick of the Village." The 

 black eye at once decided the question in the negative. 

 Mr. Orde told me the peculiarity of its flight induced him 

 to shoot it. This morning another specimen of the same 

 species was brought in by Mr. Fozard. It measured five 

 and a quarter inches in length, and agreed exactly with 

 Wilson's description of the immature young of the Pine- 

 creeping Wood Warbler {Sylvicola pinus) of that author 

 and Audubon. This is another addition to the birds of 

 Bermuda. 



The master of the brigantine " Falcon," which vessel 

 rode out the late gale about fifty miles north-west of 

 Bermuda, tells me that many small birds came on board 

 during the blow, among them several " Chicks of the 

 Village." These were probably Pine Warblers, which 

 closely resemble that bird. 



Mr; Fozard brought me an elegant specimen of the 

 Ardea candidissima, or Snowy Heron, of Audubon, which 

 he shot near the sluice gates this morning. It measured 

 twenty-two and a quarter inches in length ; plumage, pure 

 white; legs, black, with a yellowish-green line along the 

 back part. Feet, yellow ; a bare skin of an orange yellow 

 extended from the bill to the eye. Dorsal train extended 

 to the extremity of the tail, and curled upwards at the ends. 



