92 THE NATURALIST IN BERMUDA. 



the 23rd of October, 1854, by Mr. John Darrell (son of the 

 present Chief Justice), by whom it was found, in the parish 

 of Devonshire, laying on the ground in a state of exhaus- 

 tion. There had been a severe gale the day preceding. 



KiTTiwAKE Gull {Larus tridactylus). This is one of 

 the few gulls which visit the Bermudas during the violent 

 westerly gales of the winter. 



Black-headed Gull {Larus atricilla). A guU of this 

 species, captured alive by a fisherman, in the winter of 

 1851 — 2, was confined for some time in a spare room, but 

 eventually effected its escape. 



Wilson's Petrel, or Mother Gary's Chicken (Thalassi- 

 droTTbo Wilsonii). I examined a very fine specimen, shot by 

 Mr. Harford (56th Eegiment), on the 30th of June, 1853. 

 It was killed some miles distant from the shore. 



Great Black-backed Gull {Larus marinus). In look- 

 ing over my note-book, I find the following gull has been 

 omitted in the general list of birds. On the 24th of 

 December, 1851, I examined a living gull, which had been 

 captured in the Great Sound, a few weeks previously. It 

 was of a darker mottled-brown than any former specimens 

 of the guU family, and measured twenty-four inches in 

 length; tarsus, 2-4 inches; eyes, dark brown; outer half 

 of the bin, black, the inner portion, light horn colour ; legs 

 and feet, clay colour ; nails, black. 



I presume this to be the young of L. marinus. 



Little Auk, or Common Sea Dove {Mergulus alle). One 

 of these birds was captured alive on the 28th of January, 

 1850, by a servant of the Eev. J. U. Campbell, at Ireland 

 Island. It was in company with four or five others, on a 

 piece of grass land, near that gentleman's house. Unfor- 



