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August iStk. — Mr. Fozard tells me he walked over to 

 the marsh near Minton's yesterday, intending to visit the 

 north shore to reconnoitre for birds, but the weather was 

 so oppressively warm he was obliged to put back. Found 

 a flock of about seventy Swallows busy on the wing near 

 Minton's. These he watched for some time. Could dis- 

 tinguish two species only, viz., the White-bellied (Hirundo 

 bicolor) and the chimney or Barn Swallow (Hirundo 

 rustica) . Have seen four of the former species in my own 

 neighbourhood to-day. Thermometer 85° in the shade. 



August 26th. — The two species of Swallows which 

 recently appeared in these islands have altogether dis- 

 appeared, at least I have not seen any since the 19th 

 instant, and then a solitary white-belly only, feeding up 

 and down the ditches of White's Marsh. I have recently 

 heard, on very good authority, that a number of Swallows 

 were observed on Sunday, the 10th instant, sitting upon 

 the white roof of a small cottage on the Spanish Point 

 Road. 



In the year 1847 these interesting birds made their first 

 appearance on the 7th of August. 



August 2$tA. — Mr. Fozard saw three or four large 

 Yellow Legs passing over Hamilton Water this morning. 

 This is the Totanus vociferus, which annually appears at 

 this season. 



August 29th. — Heard of two somewhat numerous flocks 

 of birds having been seen to-day — one by Mr. Hinson, of 

 about three hundred in number, and the other by Mr. 

 James, of about one-third that number. All these flocks 

 pass in Bermuda under the denomination of " Plover." 



