134 NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BERMUDAS. 



quill-feather longest, first and third equal. Tarsi com- 

 pressed, and one inch in length ; carpal joint, upwards of 

 three inches. Bill, five-tenths of an inch on the upper 

 surface, with a notch near the extremity of the upper 

 mandible, small, but very distinct. Colour, dark brown or 

 blackish, inclining to yellow at the base of the lower man- 

 dible, bristles small. Tarsi, feet and nails, dusky brown ; 

 hind nail much curved ; tail, one inch longer than the closed 

 wings. Whole of the upper plumage, dark olive brown. 

 Chin, white, a dark curved line extending from each side of 

 the same to the side of the neck. Upper part of the breast, 

 dull cream colour to the shoulder of each wing and thickly 

 marked with large dark brown arrow-headed spots (point- 

 ing upwards) ; lower part of the breast, light greyish brown, 

 faintly spotted with light brown spots. Sides, light olive 

 brown. Lower tail coverts, white, tail feathers pointed at 

 the ends. Primaries and secondaries edged with a lighter 

 coloured margin. An indistinct bar of the same lighter 

 colour across the wing. 



I think there can be little doubt that this is a bird which 

 has been overlooked by Wilson and Audubon, or, at all 

 events, confounded with some other. Gerand, in his 

 •' History of the Birds of Long Island," describes the 

 present specimen as " Turdus olivaceus" or Olive- backed 

 Thrush. 



The specimen from which the above particulars were 

 taken was in a very perfect state of preservation. Of 

 course it is an addition to our fauna. 



Saw Lieutenants McLeod and Montgomery, 42nd Regi- 

 ment, return last evening from the Governor's Marsh, with 

 two couple of Snipe and one Yellow-billed Cuckoo. The 

 former birds said to be abundant in one particular part of 



