Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences . Figure 9.—The Bermuda Bluebird, from life. of the Cardinal Bird, of which the male is redder than the commonAmerican variety, and has a brighter red crest. (See Part VI.)The song of the Cardinal Bird is varied and agreeable, and it is saidto change according to the season. The little Ground Dove is verytame and is often seen along the roadsides, or feeding in the roads.(Fig. 10.) The American Quail or Bobwhite is also now common,but the present race was introduced in recent times, about 1859, it 430 A. E. Verrill—The Bermuda Island
Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences . Figure 9.—The Bermuda Bluebird, from life. of the Cardinal Bird, of which the male is redder than the commonAmerican variety, and has a brighter red crest. (See Part VI.)The song of the Cardinal Bird is varied and agreeable, and it is saidto change according to the season. The little Ground Dove is verytame and is often seen along the roadsides, or feeding in the roads.(Fig. 10.) The American Quail or Bobwhite is also now common,but the present race was introduced in recent times, about 1859, it 430 A. E. Verrill—The Bermuda Islands. is said, by Mr. R. Darvell, the original ones having been extermi-nated about 1840. Possibly the original ones had been introduced atan earlier period, by the settlers. In the spring and fall a largenumber of other American birds come to the islands to rest for a. Figure 10.—The Grovincl Dove, from life. short time during their migrations, and some may remain throughthe winter. Some of these come regularlj-, every season ; othersonly occasionally or accidentally. Among them are various ducksand shore birds, but they are not usually numerous. Going eastward from Hamilton, in pleasant weather, the northroad is most delightful, for it affords numerous fine views of theadjacent waters, which here are clear and si)arkling, and have mostsurprising tints of sapphire-blue and bright turquoise-blue, chang-ing in the distance to deep indigo-blue or ultramarine, while inshallow water, nearer the shore, the color is commonly emerald-greenor beryl-green, constantly varying in tints according to the nature ofthe bottom, the state of the sky, and the agitation of the surface. On occasions when a strong northerlj^ or easterly wind isblowing,the north road, eastward of Hamilton, is to be avoided, because it ismuch exposed to the wind, and in many places the s
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