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morning, which he offered for sale. He told me it was 

 captured at Ireland Island on the 26th instant. It had a 

 broken thigh, caused, as the boy said, by the boys " sky- 

 larking" with the poor bird — in other words, throwing stones 

 at it. 



October 31st. — Killed a Carolina Crake in the marsh, and 

 found a single Snipe, which I left behind me. The Caro- 

 lina Crake is a rare bird this autumn. 



November "]th. — It has blown a very strong breeze from 

 the north-east for the last few days. Hunted the marshes 

 this evening for birds, and saw nothing but one Snipe, one 

 Water Crake, one Kingfisher, and one Water Thrush. 



November 16th. — Observed two Herons on the wing at 

 twilight this evening. They were flying low over White's 

 Marsh, and appeared to be the common Night Heron 

 (Ardea mycticorax). Marshes much flooded by the recent 

 heavy rains. 



November ijth. — Hunted the low grounds from White's 

 Marsh to the sluice gates, in company with Captain 

 Austin, 56th Regiment. Saw six Snipe, two couple of 

 which we bagged, viz., Captain Austin, one; self, three 

 birds. 



November i&tk.. — Mr. William B. Smith sent me a very 

 beautiful specimen of the Snow Bunting (Plectrophanes 

 nivalis), full seven inches in length. It appeared to have 

 been killed yesterday. 



