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Mr. Fozard also killed a couple of Widgeon, which he 

 intended to show to me, but meeting with Dickenson's 

 boy on his way to my office, with a specimen precisely 

 similar, he refrained from doing so. 



October 2\th. — Continue to hear accounts, from various 

 parts, of the number of " Ducks " shot by this person and 

 that. A man named " Turner " stands conspicuous among 

 them all, he having killed eight on Sunday last. Indeed, 

 the Duck tribe have been more abundant than I ever 

 knew them to be in these distant islands. The Snipe 

 shooting is also affording its share of amusement. Major 

 Bull and Captain Tolcher, of the 56th Regiment, killed 

 four and a half couple of these birds yesterday at 

 Somerset ; and Mr. Phillips and Mr. R. Darrell each a 

 couple this morning in the Pembroke Marshes. 



October z^th. — Mr. Phillips informs me that while out 

 boating to-day he fell in with a flock of Terns, about fifty 

 in number, one of which he shot, and produced for my 

 inspection. It was the Common Tern {Sterna kirundo), a 

 young bird of the present year. Bill, black, with the 

 lower mandible orange colour, two-thirds of its length 

 from the base. Legs and feet, dull orange. Eye, black. 

 Tail, somewhat shorter than the closed wings. Primaries, 

 marked in the manner described by Audubon. 



October 2ytk — Mr. Phillips, 56th Regiment, found 

 White's Marsh full of Snipe this morning, and shot 

 three and a half couple before breakfast. Went out 

 myself at 3 p.m., and bagged three of those birds. They 

 were in beautiful condition. 



