16 THE NATURALIST IN BEEMUDA. 



" It may be inferred from the foregoing observations that 

 V. pruiTiosus, and perhaps one or two other species of 

 North American bat, may be found to inhabit the West 

 Indian Archipelago, and the northern coast of South 

 America, a point I had not the means of ascertaining while 

 in the Bermudas. Should these observations and surmises, 

 however, be confirmed by future research, I shall claim to 

 myself the discovery of the roving habits of the genus 

 Vespertilio of the western hemisphere. 



"The Silver-haired Bat, (F. noctivagans,) which was 

 captured alive near Hamilton on the 8th of Oct., 1850, 

 measured eleven inches in extent, by three and a-half in 

 length, including the tail ; the tip of the tail extending 

 beyond the membrane.. The body was covered with long 

 hair of a black, or very dark brown hue, tipped here and 

 there with white, particularly from each side of the neck 

 to the posterior portion of the back, forming a whitish band 

 in the form of the letter V ; the under Surface was of 

 shorter fur, sprinkled all over with white hairs. 



" This specimen, which is now in my possession, is be- 

 lieved to be the only instance of this species being captured 

 in Bermuda." 



It appears by the account of May, who published a small 

 work detailing the shipwreck of the "Sea Adventure," 

 which took place in July 1609, (a copy of which book 

 may now be seen in the library of the British Museum,) 

 that Hogs were then found in a wild state upon the Islands 

 in great abundance. Sir George Somers' having kUled 

 thirty-two in one day's hunt. 



Cbtacea. — The seas around the Bermudas have been 

 known from the earliest period of their history as very 



