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The other specimen was a very perfect skin of the 

 Baltimore Oriole {Icterus baltimore of Audubon). Length, 

 seven and three-tenths inches. Second and third quills 

 longest ; fourth, longer than the first. Bill, dark horn 

 colour, with base of the lower mandible nearly white. 

 Legs and feet, dark blue ; but, doubtless, much lighter in 

 the living bird. Tail of twelve feathers, the outer one 

 on each side shorter than the rest by a quarter of an inch. 

 Plumage of the head, back, rump, and tail, yellowish brown ; 

 the two former spotted with dusky ; and all, more or less, 

 tinged with the prevailing orange. Wings, blackish-brown 

 and marked precisely as Audubon describes those of the 

 young male bird. Under parts, orange ; under side of the 

 tail feathers partaking of the same colour. Under wing 

 coverts, near the base of the primaries, orange. 



This is also a new bird to the ornithology of these islands. 

 Understand from Captain Tolcher, that it was killed by 

 him about three weeks since, at Somerset ; and that Mr. 

 Harford, of the 56th, shot a specimen precisely similar 

 about the same time, which he threw away as not worth 

 preserving. 



Observed among Captain Tolcher's recently-killed speci- 

 mens, two Short-eared Owls (Otus brachyotus), two San- 

 derlings {Calidris arenaria), and one Least Crake Galli- 

 nule {Ortygometra jamaicensis). A skin of the Marsh 

 Harrier {Circus cyaneus) Captain Tolcher had been com- 

 pelled to throw away. This bird was also shot a few 

 weeks ago. 



During the tornado which prevailed on the 22nd instant, 

 a large Hawk was seen to alight in the Dockyard, Ireland 

 Island. This bird allowed itself to be captured; and is 

 now in the possession of Captain Pye, 56th Regiment. 

 I saw it yesterday tethered to a large stone, near the 

 Officers' quarters, looking healthy and well. It is a noble 



