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any kind. The same ground was hunted at daylight on 

 the 5th inst. by Mr. Fozard, without meeting with a Snipe, 

 Water Crake, or any other bird. We may, therefore, fairly 

 presume that the autumnal migration has passed by. 



November 12th. — Saw a great Yellow-shanks Tattler 

 {Totanus vociferus) pass over my residence this morning, 

 whistling his well-known call as he went along. This I 

 consider to be late in the season for the appearance of this 

 bird. 



Sailed to Spanish Point, and visited Cobler's Island. 

 Killed a fine specimen of the Kildeer Plover {Charadrius 

 vociferus). Saw two other birds which I took to be Curlews, 

 but failed in getting a shot at them. Hunted the marshes 

 on my way home, and found nothing. 



Near a small bay at Spanish Point I was agreeably 

 surprised to meet with a European bird — a genuine cock 

 Goldfinch — feeding on some thistle heads, which allowed 

 me to approach it within a few yards. Had I not been 

 aware of a recent importation of many of these birds from 

 the Island of Madeira, and of the escape of one or two at 

 the time of landing, I should indeed have been puzzled to 

 account for its appearance in such a locality. Of course it 

 was not molested. Query — Might not many of our British 

 birds be colonized in the Bermudas — for instance, the Black- 

 bird, Song Thrush, Common House Sparrow, Rook, &c. ? 



November \%tk. — Mr. Orde came over this morning with 

 a specimen of the Snow Bunting {Plectrophanes nivalis of 

 Audubon), which had been sent to him by the Attorney- 

 General's son — Darrell. It measured six and a half inches 

 in length, and agreed in every material point with Wilson's 



