: 56 NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BERMUDAS. 



Three outer primaries, black on the exterior web and part 

 of the adjoining inner one, the intervening shaft being 

 white. Inner webs, white, changing gradually into pearl 

 grey on the secondaries, both webs of the two outer quills 

 black at their extremities — the remaining wing feathers 

 also black towards the extremity and tipped with white. 

 First quill the longest. Tail of twelve white feathers with 

 a broad black line (margined with white) on the extreme 

 end. Shaft of the fourth primary, white. Lower parts, 

 pure white. 



This is no doubt an immature specimen of Larus bona- 

 partii — Bonaparte's Gull of Audubon. This is the second 

 time this Gull has been obtained in these islands. 



Mr. Wedderburn was out this morning and met with 

 three further specimens of the Red-breasted Thrush or 

 Robin {Turdus migratorius) one of which he shot. He 

 described them as very tame, and hopping about precisely 

 like the English Thrush — says he could have killed them 

 all at one shot, but was satisfied with taking one, and 

 has requested his friends not to destroy the remainder. 

 Mr. Orde, who passed through the Governor's Marsh in the 

 evening, reports having seen five of these interesting little 

 birds there. 



Note. — On the 19th and 20th of this month it blew a 

 gale of wind from the south-west, and from that point to 

 the north-west. 



February 2%th. — Mr. Wedderburn visited Spanish Point 

 this morning, and disturbed the lark-like bird mentioned 

 on the 20th, which took refuge on Cobler's Island. On his 

 return to town, Mr. Wedderburn proceeded in the " Black 

 Watch " to the said island, where he succeeded in shooting 



