78 THE NATUEALIST IN BERMUDA. 



American Eing Plover (C. semipalmatus). I have met 

 with this species from the 16th of August, to the latter part 

 of October, when it disappears on its southern migration. 



Piping Plover (C melodus). On the 22nd of September, 

 1850, two of these very pretty dove-coloured plover were 

 observed feeding on the rocks ia Hamilton Harbour. They 

 had a very soft and musical note. 



Black-belleed Plover (C. helveticus). The specimen 

 killed by Major Wedderburn was an adult in fuU plumage. 



That the young of this species is frequently mistaken for 

 the golden plover there can be Little doubt. In looking over 

 what were supposed to be fine specimens of the latter, their 

 superior size, viz. : eleven and sometimes twelve inches ia 

 length, the larger head, and the mottled black of the under 

 plumage, have inclined me to believe that they belonged to 

 the black-bellied species. The length of G. marmoratus, 

 may be set down at ten and a half inches for the larger 

 specimens, and ten inches for the smaller ones. 



Sanderling {Tringa arenaria, of Audubon). In October, 

 1854, 1 found two specimens of this bird in a collection of 

 skins preserved by Capt. Tolcher (56th Eegt.), both of which 

 had been shot in the Bermudas. 



The sanderling has been found ia those islands from the 

 4th of September to the 10th of November. 



Great Blue Heron (Ardea Herpdias). This wary bird is 

 not unfrequently met with on the shores and creeks of the 

 Bermudas. I never observed it for several years, without 

 noting the circumstance, and have no doubt in my own 

 mind, of its migratory habits. It is first seen about the 

 19th of September, continues to arrive in the month of 

 October, when it is sometimes rather common, and is only 



