174 THE NATURALIST IN BERMUDA. 



Blank Seasons. — October 25th, 1850. I have assidu- 

 ously hunted ,the neighbouring marshes, cedar groves, and 

 sea coast, up to the present period, and regret to record that 

 the migratory season has nearly passed away without any 

 iuflux of the ffeathered tribes from the north, or any other 

 point of the compass ; iadeed, it promises, like some former 

 ones, to be almost blank and devoid of interest to the 

 ornithologist. Not a single addition has been made to our 

 list since the 12th June, though my ornithological friends 

 have been keenly on the qui vive for novelties. 



The Flamingo.— July 1st, 1850. The " Peri," a small 

 vessel belonging to the Bermudas, and recently returned 

 from an onion voyage, brought from the island of Inagua, 

 (one of the Bahamas,) two young ilamingos. The master, 

 J. T. Yates, tells me tliat he had about a dozen of these 

 birds on board, all of which died at sea, excepting the two 

 here mentioned. They were the property of passengers, 

 and were captured the day before the " Peri " sailed, by a 

 party who walked into the country for that purpose. 



July 4ith, 1850. Met with one of the " Peri's " passengers, 

 an intelligent native named " HoUis," who had been present 

 at the flamiago hunt above mentioned, and questioned him 

 regarding what he saw of the habits, etc., of that bird. 

 He stated that with some companions he visited Lake Eosa, 

 at a distance of fifteen miles from the port where the 

 "Peri" lay, and waded to some of the islands which dotted 

 its surface, the water being only knee deep. On one of 

 these islands they disturbed a large number of flamingos, 

 at least two hundred, which were too shy to admit of a hear 



