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sight. Whether the eyes remain uninjured by the ants, 

 which have thus blinded the poor Duck, I cannot under- 

 take to say, though I am of opinion that an operation will 

 remove the existing impediment to sight. Of course, I 

 removed the Duck into hospital, and destroyed her nest. 



October 14.ik.-Mr. Hodgson Smith sent me a small 

 bird to-day, being one of those mentioned as having flown 

 against the lighthouse on the 5th of this month. It 

 proved to be the Sylvicola pinus — Pine-creeping Wood 

 Warbler of Audubon. Length, five inches and one-fourth. 

 Extent, nearly nine inches. This specimen had been put 

 into a cage with some canaries, and had no doubt died 

 from starvation. 



Shot one couple of Snipe in the marshes this morning, 

 being the only birds I met with, Kingfishers excepted, of 

 which there appear to be a greater number than usual. 



October i$tk. — Observed a large Hawk pass over the 

 back of Hamilton this afternoon. It appeared to me to 

 be the Falco peregrinus of Bonaparte, or Duck Hawk. 



October \6tlt. — Met with Captain Drummond this morn- 

 ing, who informed me that he had just hunted the 

 Governor's Marsh, and killed one couple of Snipe. Saw 

 no others. Captain Drummond also mentioned that he 

 observed yesterday a flock of small birds coming in from 

 sea, and approaching his quarters (in the Commissioner's 

 house, Ireland Island) from the north-west. These birds 

 were about fifty in number, and formed a long line, rather 

 than a compact body, while on the wing. On reaching 

 Ireland Island (the extreme north-westerly part of the 



