312 MATURAL HISTORY OP THE BERMUDAS. 



No. i. — Ortyx virginiana. — Common American Partridge 



or Quail. 1 

 „ 2. — Haliatus leucocephalus. — White-headed Sea 



Eagle. 

 » 3- — Syrnium nebulosum. — Barred Owl. 

 „ 4. — Ibis falcinellus. — Glossy Ibis. 

 „ i,.—Ardea egretta. — Great American White Egret. 

 „ 6. — Phcenicopterus ruber. — American Flamingo. 

 „ 7. — Anser canadensis. — Canada Goose. 

 „ 8. — Cygnus americanus. — American Swan. 

 „ 9. — Larus atruilla. — Black-headed Gull. 



The following birds are added on the reliable testimony 

 of highly respectable informants, viz. : — 



Trochilus colubris. — Ruby-throated Humming Bird. 

 Rusticola americana. — American Woodcock. 

 Mergus merganser. — Goosander. 

 Mergulus alle.— Little Auk, or Common Sea Dove. 



Note. — A Snipe, differing from the common Snipe of 

 America, and supposed to be Scolopax gallinago of Europe, 

 was shot by my friend Wedderburn, in December, 1847. 



Nos. 29, 30, 45, 51, 53, 58, and 61, of the foregoing list, 

 are native birds resident throughout the year. Of these, 



1 In former years a common bird, well known to many persons in 

 the islands, who have described to me its nest of numerous eggs, and 

 the sport afforded by Partridge shooting in those days. There can 

 be no doubt of the introduction and naturalisation of this beautiful 

 bird at some period, the remembrance of which has passed away. It 

 was certainly never once met with from 1840 to 1855, although a 

 migratory bird of North America. It may, therefore, be considered 

 as extinct. 



