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aroused by the note of some, to me, unknown bird. Suc- 

 ceeded in shooting the little stranger. It proved, on 

 examination, to be a male specimen, in immature plumage, 

 of the Maryland Yellow Throat, or Yellow-breasted 

 Warbler (Trichas Marylandica of Audubon), and a new 

 bird to the ornithology of these islands. Length, from the 

 tip of the lower mandible (the upper being shot away), four 

 and six-tenths inches ; lower mandible from the gape, rather 

 over five inches. Colour of latter, light brown, inclined to 

 yellow on the under side. Tail rounded, the outer feathers 

 being considerably shorter than the middle ones. Legs 

 and claws of a light brown or clay colour. Upper parts* 

 dark olive green. Quills and tail feathers, dark brown, 

 edged with a light shade of olive green. Shafts of the tail 

 feathers, white on the under side. From the base of the 

 lower mandible over the eye and coral space, a distinct 

 band of mottled brown and black was visible. Chin, 

 throat, and anterior portion of the breast, brilliant yellow. 

 Lower tail coverts also yellow, but less bright. Edge of 

 the wing and margin of the outer primary, yellow. Inner 

 wing coverts mottled with brown and yellow. 



October 22nd. — Found one couple of Snipe only in the 

 adjoining marshes, bagged one of them, and, with the ex- 

 ception of a single Kingfisher, saw no other birds. 



October 2jth. — Took a turn round the marshes after the 

 recent rainy weather, but could find nothing but one couple 

 of Snipe and one Kingfisher. Killed one of the former. 



October 2%th. — A coloured boy brought me a dead 

 specimen of the Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) this 



