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CHAPTER XIII. 

 NATUEAL HISTORY. 



Native birds — Mangrove-trees — Occasional visitants — Entomo- 

 logy — Genus Diurna (or butterflies) — Genus Sphinx (or the 

 hawk-motli) — GenusPAatewo (or moths) — Ooleoptera — Cidarioe 

 — Chanteuses (or singers) — Aphidii (or plant-lice)— Genus 

 Coccus (or scale insects) — Coccus cacti (or cochineal insect) — 

 Insect changes— Apterous insects — Jigger {Pvlex penetrans) — 

 Death-watch — (Anobium pertinax) — Genus Forficula (or ear- 

 wigs) — Genus Blattce (or cockroaches) — Arachnides (or spiders) 

 — Genus Scorpio (scorpions) — Silk-spider {Tetragnatha 

 extensa). 



Birds. — ^To the naturalist, the groves, fields, bays, 

 and shores of Bermuda are full of interest. 



The groves and fields of these sunny islands ring 

 with the melody of some of our native birds. The 

 clear whistle of the white-eyed greenlet, or chick of 

 the village (^Virco musicus), like the shriU flute, 

 resound from the fruit-trees, among whose deep 

 green foliage his gay hues — rich green, white, and 

 black — ^glance fitfully, as he shoots to and fro ; and 

 his companion the cardinal grosbeak, or red bird 

 {Pitylut cardinalis), accompanies his shrill notes with 



