194 NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BERMUDAS. 



Saw a Night Hawk {Chordeiles virginianus) near the 

 Rev. J. Campbell's entrance gate, at Ireland Island. 

 Another of these birds has been seen hawking about 

 my own residence, ,at sunset, during the past week. 



September 2\th. — On the 19th instant, a " large brown 

 bird " was reported to me, as sitting upon the mast-head 

 of a vessel anchored in Salt Kettle Bay. It had been 

 seen in the same place the preceding evening. On the 

 evening of the 19th it was shot, during twilight, by a son 

 of the Attorney-General's, and I understand from that 

 functionary that it measured across the wings five feet and 

 a half. It proved to be an Osprey, or Fishing Hawk 

 [Pandion halicetus). 



The Night Hawk {Chordeiles virginianus) occasionally 

 to be met with of an evening and in the early morning. 



Mr. Fozard tells me that while fishing near White's 

 Island two days ago, he noticed two small birds feeding 

 upon the rocky shore close by, very much resembling the 

 Ring Plover in size and appearance, but of a dove colour 

 above, with the lower parts white. This little bird, he says, 

 had a very musical note. There can be little doubt these 

 birds were a pair of Piping Plovers {Charadrius melodus). 



September 29th. — On the 24th instant a hurricane, or 

 revolving gale, is supposed to have passed near the eastern 

 portion of these islands, in the usual northerly direction. 

 The wind north-east, and blowing fresh, with a very heavy 

 sea breaking on the south shore, causing a sheet of foam 

 for nearly two miles from the beach. The thermometer 



