36 THE NATURALIST IN BERMUDA. 



few near St. George's. On the 21st of April, 1852, a number 

 of these birds appeared in Pembroke Marsh, remaining. a 

 couple of days, and leaving a few stragglers behind, which 

 disappeared soon after them. I have seen the night hawk 

 as late as the 14th of May, 1850. Excepting those already 

 mentioned as sitting on the guns, at Ireland Island, I never 

 saw them during the day time ; like our European Nightjar, 

 I suppose they sit along the branches of trees, looking so 

 like part of the tree itself, that it is difficult to see them. 



.Ground Dove (Columla passerina). Very common ; 

 breeds, and remains all the year round. 



Carolina Long-tailed Dote {Edopistes CaroUnensis.) 

 This beautiful bird was supposed to have been seen in 

 Somerset, in 1847. A single specimen was shot by Cap- 

 tain Harvey, of Bermuda, on the 20th of March, 1850, and 

 is now in my coUection. 



Virginian Colin, or Quail (Ortyx Virginiana). This 

 bird was known to breed in Bermuda, about thirty years 

 ago, but it must now be extinct, none having been seen for 

 many years.* 



American Golden Plover {Gharadrius marmoratus). 

 During some years, large flocks of these birds pass over the 

 islands, in the months of September and October; but, unless 

 in stormy weather, they do not alight in any great numbers. 

 I have seen it as early as the 21st August, 1847, at Ireland 

 Island ; again, on the 25th July, 1848, at Hamilton ; the 

 latter was a single bird, sitting on the road, close to the 



* Richard Darrell, Esq., (of Lincoln's Inn, eldest son of Chief Justice 

 DarreU,) now resident upon the islands, has recently imported several 

 pairs of these birds from the United States, to turn out ; and, by the last 

 accounts, they are increasing rapidly, and spreading over the main island. 



