NATURAL HISTORY. OF THE BERMUDAS. 2$I 



nearly seven inches shorter. Bill, light horn colour; 

 plumage, &c, as described by Audubon and Wilson. This 

 is, doubtless, a male specimen of Cathartes aura, the Red- 

 headed Turkey Buzzard, or Vulture of Audubon, and con- 

 sequently a new bird to the ornithology of the Bermudas. 

 Was struck with the similarity of form and colour to those 

 of the unknown birds seen by me on the 8th of October, 

 1852. The "very small Hawk," mentioned by Mr. 

 Trimingham, was so much injured by shot that Dr. Munro 

 was compelled to throw it away. Species consequently 

 unknown. 



1854. 



January \st. — Learn from old Hans that a few days 

 since a flock of Wild Geese appeared in the small marsh 

 below his cottage very early in the morning. They 

 numbered nearly a dozen, but one of the Geese refused to 

 alight, and continued flying round and round the marsh 

 until the others joined him, when all went away together 

 towards the south. They were of a brownish colour. 



January yd. — Mr. Fozard, the Colonial Revenue Officer 

 stationed at Somerset, tells me that on or about the 30th 

 of November last, being then confined to his house by an 

 attack of Yellow fever, he was told by his wife that two large 

 " White Birds " were flying near the house, and that one of 

 them had perched upon a lemon tree. Mr. Fozard was 

 too unwell to go out after them, though he states that 

 he could distinctly hear their sharp note, resembling the 

 single bark of a small dog, which convinced him they were 

 "Snowy Owls." 



