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distinctly shown. Length, twenty-two inches. Extent, 

 thirty-five. Iris, bright straw colour. Head, neck, and 

 a portion of the back, bluish grey. The long plumes from 

 the centre of the back were grey towards the base and 

 white at the outer extremity, extending three inches 

 beyond the tail. Lower portion of the back, the rump and 

 tail, pure white ; legs, dark olive brown ; soles of the feet, 

 ash colour ; bill and membrane extending from the eye, 

 blue, except the external half of the bill which was black ; 

 nails black, centre one pectinated. 



Saw another specimen of the Green Heron in town 

 to-day. It was in the possession of a lad who was deaf and 

 dumb, so that I could get no particulars. 



From Captain Drummond, I hear that he has noticed 

 several birds which have recently arrived in the vicinity of 

 St. Georges', viz. : — Purple Martin, Green Heron, Great 

 Heron, Night Hawk, some large Hawks — which he took to 

 be Falco borealis — the Red-tailed Hawk of Wilson, and 

 three Carolina Crake. One of the latter actually flew in 

 at the window of Captain Drummond's quarters, and was 

 captured in his room, and another was found in the pig- 

 sty. Observed four of these Crakes this morning, one of 

 which I killed. Flushed, also, a fine Snipe, which I 

 missed. 



April 2%th. — Having reason to believe that a revolving 

 gale had passed to the westward of these Islands during 

 the past two days, I turned out at daybreak this morning 

 with my dog and gun, and hunted the neighbourhood in 

 hopes of finding a few strange birds. Six Carolina Crakes, 

 one Green Heron, and a couple of Snipe (Scolopax 

 willsonii) were all that I met with ; of these I brought home 

 the Heron and one Snipe. The latter was very fat. The 

 Water Crakes I did not fire at. 



