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some cedar trees, near Sir William Burnaby's front gate 

 and by Mr. W. N. James, on the road to Pembroke 

 Church. 



May ^rd. — Mr. Wedderburn observed several American 

 Crossbills this morning in the cedars near the mess house, 

 and hurried to his quarters for a gun ; but on returning 

 to the spot, they had disappeared, nor could he meet with 

 them in the vicinity. 



May gtk. — Saw several very fine specimens of the Tropic 

 Bird {Photon othereus), brought in by Mr. Wedderburn 

 to-day from the south of Gibb's Hill. One of these I 

 found to measure thirty-two inches and one- third in 

 length. It was a very beautiful example of its kind, and 

 was remarkable for the rosy colour of the two elongated 

 feathers of the tail, and for the shorter ones being tipped 

 with black — a peculiarity not observable in any of the 

 remainder. Mr. Wedderburn also obtained one egg of 

 this Phaeton ; it was a deeply coloured red one. Two of 

 these Tropic Birds were shot, each with an anchovy (so- 

 called) in its bill. The fish were five inches long. 



May 14/A. — Learn from Mr. Fozard that a Night Hawk 

 {Camprinmlgus americanus of Wilson) was observed by 

 him last evening hawking moths around his house, and 

 to-day Mr. Wedderburn mentions another having been 

 seen near the barracks, together with a Swallow. None 

 of these were obtained. My little son reports having met 

 with a Night Hawk in his ramble this evening, viz., " a 

 brown bird, about the size of a Pigeon, with a white spot 

 on each wing." 



