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to America. Crown of the head, yellow, tinged with 

 chestnut; neck, yellowish white; general colour of the 

 body, dusky brown, beautifully streaked about the lower 

 portion of the back and sides with white. I understand, 

 from Captain Drummond, that two or three Pelicans of 

 this description were observed in the neighbourhood of 

 St. George's at the period when this specimen was ob- 

 tained. 



Also saw the Scarlet Tanager, shot by Captain Drum- 

 mond's servant at St. George's, on the 18th of April last. 

 It is a male bird in full plumage, and is beautifully set up 

 by Captain Drummond. 



June lotk. — Learn from Dr. Muir, of the 42nd High- 

 landers, that Mr. Wedderburn killed a Roseate Tern 

 {Sterna dougallii of Audubon) off the Dockyard this 

 morning, being the first that has been observed in this 

 portion of Bermuda during the present summer. 



June 12th. — Received information from a little negro 

 boy that a strange bird had for some time past frequented 

 some cultivated lands on the north hills, held by Lane 

 and Minton. This bird was described to me as being 

 something less than a Pigeon, and of a light green colour 

 about the neck. My little informant also stated that about 

 twelve or one o'clock, in the " middle " of the day, this 

 strange bird would be often seen rising in the air to a 

 great height, when it appeared not to know how to get 

 down again, and would at last fall down like a stone, while 

 on the wing it would make a " curious noise." This was 

 quite sufficient to arouse my curiosity, and being satisfied 

 that the boy's description could not apply to any of the 

 native birds, and that perhaps I should meet with the 



