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gun for the stranger until dark, but without seeing it. Am 

 very much inclined to think it must be the Barred Hooting 

 Owl (Syenium nebulosum of Audubon). 



Heard a flock of Plover pass over from the north 

 towards the south-east, between the hours of nine and ten. 

 Night calm and starlight. 



September \\th. — Learn from Mr. Phillips, of the 56th 



Regiment, that he saw in the possession of Dr. Knox at 



Ireland Island, a specimen of the Sooty Tern {Sterna 



fuliginosd), shot in that vicinity on the 12th instant. Two 



others were in company with it when shot. 



September i6tk. — A boy came to me to-day with a living 

 specimen of the common Gallinule {Gallinula galeata), 

 which was captured in the back yard of his mother's house 

 in this town. 



Captain Tolcher, 56th Regiment, tells me that on the 

 nth instant he killed a genuine Snipe {Scolopax wilsonii) 

 on Long Bird Island, near St. George's. As this bird was 

 wading at the time in Salt Water, I am inclined to think it 

 may have been the Red-breasted Snipe. It was in capital 

 condition. 



September igth. — Walked to the sluice gates this even- 

 ing. Saw two Carolina Crakes, two Rice Birds, and one 

 Bat. The Rice Birds I killed. 



