50 THE NATURALIST IN BERMUDA. 



EiNG-NECKED DucK (F. rufitorqms). A specimen of this 

 duck was captured by Mr. Hurdis on the 13th of Novem- 

 ber, 1850, in the plumage of the year. He endeavoured 

 to keep it alive, for the purpose of watching the change of 

 plumage, but failed in doing so, a cat having bolted with 

 his prize. 



EuDDY Duck (F. rubida). A single specimen, shot by 

 Dr. Cole (20th Eegt.), in a marsh, near Hamilton, November 

 24th, 1846. It was a young male bird. 



Canvass-back Duck {F. valisneriana). Mr. Hurdis pur- 

 chased a specimen of this duck from some boys, by whom 

 it was captured alive in a marsh, near James' Cottage, on 

 the 30th of October, 1851. It was destroyed by ants soon 

 afterwards. On the 23rd of November following, he ob- 

 served a very fine specimen in White's Marsh. 



BuFPEL-HBADED DucK {F. albeolo). One of these ducks 

 was shot in the Pembroke Marshes, by Captain Lye (20th 

 'Eegiment), in December, 1845 ; and though occasionally 

 observed in the Bermudas, siibsequent to that period, no 

 other specimens were obtained. 



Hooded Merganser {Mergus cucuUakcs). One of the 

 men, on board H. M. S. Scourge, Captain Wingrove, caught 

 a female specimen near Ireland Island, on the 10th of 

 January, 1849 ; the only one hitherto found in the Islands. 



Horned Grebe (Podiceps cornutus). Dr. Cole shot one 

 of these grebes on the 24th of November, 1846, which is 

 now in the Eev. H. B. Tristram's collection. 



PiBD-BlLLED Dabchick (P. G awlinensis) . Two speci- 

 mens were killed, in October, 1849, and another by myself, 

 on the 5th of February, 1850, in one of the ponds near 

 Harrington Sound. 



