264 NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BERMUDAS. 



met with no other birds — one Pectoral Sandpiper ex- 

 cepted. 



October 22nd. — Observed a large Sea Gull {Larus acci- 

 dentalis) on the wing in Hamilton Harbour to-day. The 

 wind blowing a gale from the south-west, with heavy 

 squalls of rain at intervals. 



October 2gth. — Hunted the lower grounds from White's 

 Marsh to the sluice gates. Met Mr. Kennedy's coloured 

 servant, " Wellington," with a female Dusky Duck {Anas 

 obscurd), which he had just shot in the ditches of White's 

 Marsh ; and soon- afterwards picked up a tame Mallard, 

 which had fallen a victim to the same shot. 



Saw one Blue- winged Teal in the Mangrove Swamp 

 near the sluice gates, at which I fired both barrels without 

 success. Met with nothing else ; indeed, a more blank 

 season for autumnal strangers I do not recollect. 



November gth. — Mr. Hodgson Smith informs me that a 

 few days ago he saw a " Wild Goose " passing on the 

 wing. It was alone ; and, from the well-known " honk," 

 he is satisfied it was the Common Wild Goose of North 

 America (Anser canadensis). 



November 17th. — A coloured man brought me a wounded 

 specimen of the American Coot {Fulica americana), which 

 had been shot this morning at the head of Hamilton Water. 



November 2$rd. — During the last four or five days the 

 weather has been very boisterous, the wind blowing and 



