NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BERMUDAS. l6g 



the dorsal plumes extending very nearly to the tip of the 

 tail. 



Received intelligence of a " Wild Duck with a white 

 crown," being seen this morning in Warwick Church pond. 

 Proceeded thither immediately, and found the said Duck 

 to be a male Blue-winged Teal ; succeeded in shooting it, 

 and with much difficulty obtained possession of my prize. 

 It was in splendid plumage. 



April t,th. — Mr. Wedderburn returned to his quarters 

 this evening with one Kingfisher, one Carolina Crake and 

 three American Crossbills {Curvirostra americana of 

 Wilson). This is the first time the Crossbill has been 

 shot by any person here (so far as my own experience 

 will enable me to speak), though a specimen was captured 

 alive at Ireland Island in January last. These Crossbills 

 were found in James' Marsh, on the road to Pembroke 

 Church, a locality in which I had reason to believe they 

 had been seen more than once of late, but where I had 

 sought for them in vain. The male bird was in the red 

 plumage, the two females in brown and yellow ochre, the 

 upper mandible curving to the right or left of the under 

 one. 



A Woodpecker observed by Mr. Wedderburn in the 

 neighbourhood of Woodstock. 



April 6th. — Saw a fine male specimen of the Cedar 

 Waxwing {Bombycilla carolinensis) shot by Mr. Wedder- 

 burn in the Cedar Grove at the back of Speaker Ewing's 

 residence ; it was in bright plumage, but did not exhibit 

 the vermilion tips on the secondaries. There were two 

 others in company. 



