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Walked out with my gun in the evening, but failed in 

 meeting with it. This Gull was reported to me by two 

 respectable natives as being a " White Crane," a tolerable 

 proof of the scarcity of sea-birds on the coast of these 

 islands. 



February 2.6th. — Mr. Wedderburn came in from the 

 Governor's Marsh this evening with two beautiful speci- 

 mens of the North American Robin (Turdus migratorius 

 of Wilson). They were in fine plumage, measuring ten 

 inches and nine and three-quarter inches in length, were 

 exceedingly plump and heavy, and proved to be male and 

 female. Mr. Wedderburn tells me these interesting birds 

 formed part of a small flock of five, and that he un- 

 fortunately lost a third specimen which fell among some 

 thick bushes. This Thrush is an old and familiar acquaint- 

 ance of mine, being found by thousands in Prince Edward 

 Island, where it becomes very tame ; I have found its nest 

 in my garden there. It made its welcome appearance about 

 the ioth of April, and left us on the approach of winter. 

 That it should find its way from the north, over so wide an 

 expanse of ocean, to these islands, and at so early a season 

 of the year, is remarkable, and proves how little we estimate 

 the power of flight in many birds. This Thrush is a further 

 addition to the ornithology of Bermuda. 



February 2jth. — Examined a mutilated specimen of the 

 Gull tribe, which had evidently been dead for some days. 

 The length was fourteen inches. Bill, black, of slender 

 form, and notched at the tip. Feet, light orange. Head, 

 white, with a dark spot on the auriculars. Back and wings, 

 pearl grey, the latter with a band of mottled black or 

 brown extending from the bastard-wings to the axillars. 



