66 THE NATURALIST IN BEEMUDA. 



E.N., in December, 1846, which measured twenty inches in 

 length, and thirty-seven in extent. 



In August, 1854, eleven of these crows were observed 

 associating together at Gibb's HiU, by the late Col. Oakley 

 (56th Eegt.) This was double the number which had 

 hitherto frequented those parts, and arose, doubtless, from 

 the young of that season. 



In an account of the Bermudas, published by the Governor 

 of Virginia, in the year 1623, crows are mentioned, with 

 various other birds, as being found on those islands. " These 

 crows" the writer observes, "direct their flight towards the' 

 north-west, at sunset, which makes many conjecture that 

 there are some more islands not far off that way ;" and, in 

 another part of his book, he says, " this, with divers other 

 reasons, caused Master More to go out to sea, to see if he 

 could discover any other islands, but he went not far ere ill 

 weather forced him to return." 



It is evident, from this statement, that the crow was a 

 native of the Bermudas at that early period, and from the 

 gregarious habits of the bird towards evening, its species 

 (Corvus Americanus), is placed beyond a doubt. 



I have already remarked in my observations upon the 

 Cardinal Grosbeak, that all the birds inhabiting the Ber- 

 mudas must, originally, have found their way over sea, 

 from the continent of America, as a heap of broken shell, 

 &c., washed up from the ocean, could have no productions 

 of its own, in the early period of its formation. 



Blue Bikd {Sialia Wilsoni). Although this beautiful 

 and familiar bird appears to be a permanent resideht in the 

 Bermudas, vast flights of them, sometimes, arrive from the 

 American coast. This was particularly the case, as observed 



