276 NATURAL HISTORY OF- THE BERMUDAS. 



A person at the lighthouse reports having seen a flock 

 of "Wild Geese"; another man states that he counted 

 twenty-one-" Cranes" on Morgan's Island. For " Cranes " 

 read the "Great Blue Heron," and the flock of Geese is 

 accounted for. 



October \2th. — Out, with my gun for two hours this 

 evening. Killed two couple of Snipe (Scolopax wilsonii). 



October 13th. — Captain Harvey, of the brigantine 

 " Tornado," from New York, brought me a specimen 

 of the Golden-winged Woodpecker (Pz'cus auratus), cap- 

 tured at sea on the 8th instant. It was one of a " great 

 number " of Woodpeckers that came on board the ship in 

 latitude 36 and longitude 74° 30' ; and was kept alive 

 for some days; when it died for want of proper food. 

 The wind, at the time of the visitation, was blowing 

 a fresh breeze from the northward. Captain Harvey 

 'mentions that several other kinds of birds were met 

 with on the passage. 



October i$tk. — Killed another couple of Snipe this 

 evening. Saw no other birds. 



October 17th. — Darrell, the head keeper of the Iron 

 Lighthouse, tells me he observed " two Wild Geese " pass 

 over Gibb's Hill within the last few days. Is quite certain 

 they were Wild Geese, but cannot say of what particular 

 kind. 



October iSth. — Killed one Snipe to-day near the sluice 

 gates; while hunting the bushy swamp my attention was 



