282 NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BERMUDAS. 



January 20th. — My son John reports having seen a 

 small Hawk, spotted on the breast like the Sparrow Hawk 

 mentioned on the 19th of last month, and about the same 

 size, settle in a tree close to Mr. Kennedy's field this after- 

 noon. 



February 8th. — Mr. Fozard sent me a very beautiful 

 specimen of the Herring or Silvery Gull (Larus argentatus 

 of Audubon). Length, twenty-three and a half inches. 

 Bill of a yellowish putty colour, banded with orange-red at 

 the deepest portion of the lower mandible. Iris very 

 bright, light gold colour. The first seven quills brownish- 

 black towards the end (as described by Audubon), the tips 

 being white. The outer quill, with a patch of white, 

 exactly one inch in length, on both webs, near the ex- 

 tremity. No white spot on the inner web of the second 

 quill as mentioned by that author. The seventh quill 

 feather marked with brownish-black on the outer web 

 only. 



This is the only specimen of the Gull family that I have 

 seen, either dead or alive, for many months. 



March 4th. — Observed a solitary " Herring or Silvery 

 Gull " on the wing in Hamilton Harbour to-day, being the 

 only living specimen of the Gull tribe I have seen for a 

 very long time. 



March 10th. — On the 2nd instant a large bird was 

 observed on the wing in the neighbourhood of my own 

 house. I did not see it myself, nor could I gain any use- 

 ful information from those who were more fortunate, ex- 

 cept from my own little son, who assured me its head and 

 neck were white, and its size that of a Turkey. To-day 



