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The migration of birds ia the western hemisphere is a 

 subject of enquiry concerning which, little progress has yet 

 been made, and which for many years to come will require 

 the close observations of naturalists to compass its vast 

 extent. In the pages of this little work, the reader will 

 find a clear and interesting account of the migration of that 

 remarkable wanderer, the golden plover of America, by a 

 gentleman long resident in the Bermudas ; and which, we 

 think, will tend to throw considerable light upon the 

 principle of migration. To gain a thorough knowledge of 

 the marvellous movements of the feathered race, intelligent 

 observers should be selected at various distant localities, and 

 as many birds may be supposed to follow the land in pre- 

 ference to crossing the sea, the Isthmus of Darien should 

 on no account be neglected as an important point of obser- 

 vation : thus, by the united efforts of many, the mysterious 

 cloud which at present veils the wonders of migration, may 

 be dispelled, to shew forth in still brighter splendour the 

 stupendous power of Him who ordereth all things so wisely 

 and so well. 



