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stones — one of these I also killed, which, with the Water 

 Crake above-mentioned, constituted my day's chasse. Met 

 with a Solitary Sandpiper in Beeman's Marsh. No other 

 birds seen. 



October 4th. — This being the time at which the Snipe 

 generally appear in these islands, I took my gun, and 

 hunted the most likely places in the neighbourhood this 

 evening, but found neither Snipe nor any other migratory 

 birds. 



October $th. — On returning from office was told that 

 "some Snipe" had been seen about White's Marsh. 

 Hunted the neighbourhood immediately, and found two 

 (the first Snipe / have seen this autumn), one of which I 

 killed. A flock of Pectoral Sandpipers were also met 

 with, and these, I doubt not, were the " Snipe " reported 

 to have been seen. Saw one Solitary Sandpiper, which, 

 to my surprise, settled on the upper rail of a fence. 

 Heard the rattling note of a Kingfisher near the sluice 

 gates. 



October 8th. — A coloured man, who lives in the marsh, 

 not far distant, called to show me a Bittern {Ardea 

 lentiginosd), which he had just shot ; and my own dog 

 flushed a Carolina Crake on the edge of White's Marsh, 

 which took refuge in my own grounds. 



From this I conclude that birds are dropping in. 



October nth. — Hunted the neighbouring marshes this 

 evening, and found three or four couple of Snipe and a 

 few Pectoral Sandpipers ; killed a couple of each. 



