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Groen-winged Teal. — Tolerably common Transient Visitant. 



Blue-winged Teal. — Common Transient Visitant. 



Canada Goose. — Common Transient Visitant, October 15 



to April 1 5. 

 Great Blue Heron. — Tolerably common Summer Resident, 



April 1 to November 15 ; rai'e in winter. 

 Little Green Heron. — Common Summer Resident, April 1 



to October 1. 

 Black-crowned Niglit Heron. — Common Summer Resident, 



April 15 to October 15 ; rare Winter Visitant. 

 American Bittern. — Tolerably Common Transient Visitant, 



April and September to November. 

 Sora. — Very common Transient Visitant, April and May, 



September and October. 

 Clapper Rail. — Very rare in Summer; very connnon 



Summer Resident at Atlantic City, N. J., April 15 to 



November 1. 

 Coot. — Not common Transient Visitant; occasional Winter 



Visitant. 

 Woodcock. — Formerly common Summer Resident, now 



ratber rai'e and mainly Transient Visitant and occa- 

 sional Winter Visitant. 

 Spotted Sandpiper. — Very common Summer Resident, 



April 20 to October 1. 

 Wilson's Snipe. — Tolerably common Transient Visitant, 



Marcb 20 to May 10, and October, and occasional Winter 



Visitant. 

 Semipalmated Sandpiper. — Rare. Abundant Transient 



Visitant at Atlantic City, N. J., July 10 to October 1. 

 Killdeer. — Tolerably common Summer Resident ; occa- 

 sional Winter Visitant, March 20 to October 25. 

 Semipalmated Plover.— Rai^e. Common Ti'ansient Visitant 



at Atlantic City, N. J., May 10 to June 1 ; July 19 to 



September 15. 

 Bob -white. — Formerly common Permanent Resident; 



scarcer in winter ; now becoming rare and mainly Tran- 

 sient Visitant. 

 Ruffed Grouse. — Formerly common Permanent Resident ; 



now rare ; mainly in fall. 

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