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Fam. SCOLOPACID^. 



30. Himantopus nigricollis (Vieill.)- 



" Black-neck Stilt. Not common. Kesident"? 



31. Gallinago wilsoni (Temm.). 

 " Sniije. 



"A species not seen by me, described by Mr. Hopkins (one of the 

 lessees of the island) as an English Snipe, in color, flight and voice; 

 in small numbers ; resident." 



32. Ereunetes petrificatus (III.). 

 " Least Sandpiper. 



''Eesident; breeds; now in flocks of 4-6." 



33. Symphemia semipalmata (Gm.). 



" Willet. Common ; said to breed." 



34. Gambetta flavipes (Gm.). 

 "Yellow-legs (smaller). 



" Common ; resident, or nearly so." 



35. Rhyacophilus solitarius (Wils.)? 

 " Sandpiper. 



" Eesident ; solitary about the lagoons and fresh-water ponds." 



36. Numenius hudsonicus (Lath.). 

 ''Curlew. Resident; breeds; common." 



Fam. LARIDiE. 



37. Sterna maxima, Bodd. ? 



" lloyal Tern. Seen only." 



38. Larus atricilla, Liun. 



"Gull. Breeds; resident." 



Fam. PODICIPITID^. 



39. Podilymbus podiceps (Linn.)? 

 "'Diver' (Grebe!). 



" Think it resident, as it is irregular in its appearance and disappear- 

 ance." 

 New York, November 14, 1878. 



