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Bermudas), the flock wheeled round two or three times, 

 and then settled upon some cedar trees growing inside the 

 Keep, from whence Captain Drummond shot two speci- 

 mens, one of which was in adult plumage. They proved 

 to be the Sylvicolapinus, the Pine-creeping Wood Warbler 

 of Audubon. Captain Drummond further stated that he 

 had observed five or six Herons and a flock of Geese pass 

 over Ireland Island, the latter in the usual wedge-like form. 

 One Yellow-billed Cuckoo and one Rose-breasted Gross- 

 beck are likewise reported as having been recently seen on 

 that island. 



October 2$tk. — Have assiduously hunted the neighbouring 

 marshes, cedar groves, and sea coast up to this period, and 

 regret to record that the migratory season has nearly passed 

 away without any influx of the feathered tribes from the 

 north or any other point of the compass ; indeed, it 

 promises, like some former ones, to be almost blank and 

 devoid of interest to the ornithologist. Not a single 

 addition has been made to our list since the 12th of June, 

 though my ornithological friends have been keenly on the 

 qui vive for novelties. 



November 4th. — Blowing hard for the last two days. 

 Went out early this morning, and met with nothing. 

 Heard from several persons that a flock of eight ducks 

 had been seen in Hamilton Water on Saturday. The 

 Rev. — Stowe informs me that on that day he shot a 

 Coot (Fulica americana) swimming in the sea near his 

 residence at the Flatts. 



Captain Drummond shot a Bittern (Ardea lentiginosa) 

 in the Governor's Marsh this morning. The only one that 

 I have heard of this autumn. 



