NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BERMUDAS. 3OI 



the eye, dusky brown. Back of the neck and upper parts 

 of the bird of the same colour. Wings somewhat lighter, 

 with a chestnut spot immediately over the second joint 

 from the extremity. Seven of the secondaries white. 

 Throat, sides of the head (nearly meeting behind), white. 

 Lower portion of the throat, upper part of the breast and 

 rump, greyish-brown. The remainder of the lower parts 

 silvery white. Under wing coverts also white. Bill 

 pointed and not hooked at the extremity. Head con- 

 siderably puffed out by the elongated plumage, or ruff. 

 Twelve outer primaries dusky brown. 



I have no hesitation in recording this as the Podiceps 

 cornutus, or Horned Grebe of Audubon, of which one 

 specimen only has previously been obtained by me in 

 these islands. Three other Grebes of the same species 

 were in company when this was shot at Spanish Point on 

 the evening of the 31st ultimo. 



March 2nd. — Observed two Herring Gulls {Larus 

 argentatus) on the wing over Hamilton Harbour to-day. 



March 4th. — On the way to Devonshire Church this 

 evening a Marsh Harrier {Circus cyaneus) crossed the road, 

 and slowly beat the sage bush of an adjoining enclosure, 

 where it attempted to capture a small bird. The white 

 rump and long tail were conspicuous in this bird. 



March 13th. — Two tropic birds {Phaeton cethereus) were 

 seen in the Great Sound by Captain Wallace, of the 56th 

 Regiment, this day, being the first that have appeared from 

 the southward this spring. 



