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April tyh — Captain Tolcher shot a Yellow-crowned 

 Wood Warbler {Sylvicola coronata of Audubon) this day. 



April lotk. — Mr. Charles Smith brought me a fine speci- 

 men of the Tyrant Fly-catcher (Muscicapa tyrannus), shot 

 by his young brother at Riddles' Bay yesterday. Length, 

 eight and a half inches. 



It is an extraordinary circumstance that common Fowls, 

 imported from the United States of America into the Ber- 

 mudas, though landed in best order and condition, sicken 

 and die soon after their arrival in the colony ; whether from 

 change of climate, or of food, I cannot say, or from what 

 other cause, but certain it is that in the course of a few 

 weeks dozens of these birds will dwindle down to as many 

 units, notwithstanding every care had been bestowed upon 

 them. Geese, Ducks, and Turkeys appear exempt from 

 the cause of this mortality, and Fowls bred in the islands 

 do not suffer from it, even if associated with the imported 

 birds. I have more than once attempted to improve the 

 fowls about my own residence by purchasing handsome 

 birds from American vessels, but after moping about for 

 some days with drooping wings and pallid combs they 

 invariably died. 



BIRDS OF BERMUDA. 

 The systematic names in the following List, with the 

 exception of Nos. 33 and 108, are taken from Audubon's 

 " Synopsis of the Birds of North America," published in 



1839. 



With the exception of Nos. 115 and 125.no Bird has 

 been included in this List which has not come under my 

 own personal observation and examination. 



