162 NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BERMUDAS. 



Justice's pond) came to office this morning with a female 

 specimen of Turdus migratorius, shot by him in that 

 neighbourhood ; length, nine and three-fourths inches. 

 Mr. Wedderburn also brought in from the sluice gates, a 

 beautiful example of Ardea exilis, the Least Bittern of 

 Audubon, being the second time this bird has been shot 

 here. As two of this elegant little species were observed 

 in the same locality, on the 1 5th of December last, it is 

 probable that a few have remained in Bermuda during the 

 winter months. 



March i6tk. — Learn from Mr. Orde that he saw a Snipe 

 {Scolopax wilsonii), which was killed by the Armourer- 

 Sergeant, at St. George's yesterday, near the spot on which 

 a game of cricket was being played. 



The " White Heron " having been seen by Mr. Fozard, 

 soon after daylight this morning, flying towards Hungry 

 Bay, I joined Mr. Wedderburn and proceeded to hunt the 

 bays and marshes in that direction. Met with the flock of 

 Cedar Waxwings on the hill above the Chief Justice's 

 pond, but failed in obtaining a shot at them. At Hungry 

 Bay, Mr. Wedderburn killed a Kingfisher. Saw no other 

 birds. 



Examined Captain Drummond's specimens, shot at St. 

 George's in October last, viz., Mniotilla varia, Coccoborus 

 ludovicianus (female), and Turdus olivaceus. The latter is 

 a fuller plumaged specimen than the one shot by Mr. 

 McLeod, the sides and the lower parts of the body being 

 darker, and of a beautiful purplish grey, faintly spotted 

 with light brown. Length of quill feathers, and other 



