I96 NATURAL HISTORY Or THE BERMUDAS. 



town, and was attacked by two Kingfishers near Red 

 Hole. Heard of two or three Teal having been seen 

 during the day. The Gallinule was a young bird, and 

 measured thirteen and a quarter inches in length. 



October \th. — Received information that Snipe {Scolopax 

 wilsonii) had been seen to go down in White's Marsh. 

 Turned out with my gun, and flushed five of those birds 

 at the same time. Succeeded in obtaining five shots, and 

 brought home two couples. Hunted the Governor's Marsh 

 as high as Minton's cottage, but could find no others. 

 First of the season. 



October %th. — Hunted the neighbouring marshes early 

 this morning, and found three Snipe and one Night Heron 

 in spotted plumage, all of which I bagged. Saw one 

 Solitary and two Pectoral Sandpipers. 



Mr. Orde reports having seen and shot at a Blue Heron 

 {Ardea ccerulea) in the Somerset Marshes to-day. 



October yth. — Two Boatswain Birds {Phmton cethereus) 

 were observed by Mr. Orde to-day. 



October 8tk. — At an early hour this morning hunted the 

 marshes between my abode and Minton's for Snipe. 

 Found only three, two of which, with a Blue-winged Teal, 

 I brought in. Saw one Carolina Crake during my ramble. 



I understand that on the night of the 5th instant (it 

 being very dark at the time, with pouring rain), many 



