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Sanderling Sandpiper, {T. arenaria.) Abundant; August and 

 September. 



*Willet, (Totanus semipahnatus.) Very rare ; breeds. 



Spotted Tattler, (T. macularius.) Common ; arrives beginning of 

 May ; breeds. 



Solitary Tattler, (T. solitarius.) Common. 



Yellow-shanks, {T. JIavipcs.) Abundant ; arrives beginning of 

 July ; leaves by end of August. 



Tell-tale, {T. vociferus.) Abundant ; arrives later ; leaves end of 

 October. 



Hudsonian Godwit, (Limosa Jmdsonica.) Common ; arrives about 

 15th September ; leaves end of October. 



Curlew Sandpiper, (Tringa suharquata.) Not common. 



American Snipe, (Scolopax wilsonii.) Common ; arrives end of 

 March. 



Ked-breasted Snipe, {S. novehoracensis.) Common ; August and 

 September. 



American Woodcock, {Blicroptera amei^cana.) Common ; arrives 

 about ITth March ; leaves about the end of October. 



Hudsonian Curlew, (Numenius hudsonicus.) Common ; August 

 and September. 



*Long-billed Curlew, (N. longirostris .) Very rare. 



Esquimaux Curlew, {N. horealis.) Not common. 



Grey Phalarope, (Phalaropus wilsonii.) Rare. 



Canada Goose, (Anser canadensis.) Passes north l^th March ; 

 returns 15th October. 



*Brent Goose, (A. hernicla.) Rare. 



*Snow Goose, {A. hyperboreus.) Occasional. 



Mallard Duck, (A. boschas.) Rare, 



Dusky Duck, {A. obscura.) Abundant ; breeds ; resident. 



Gadwall, {A. strepera.) In winter ; rare. 



Pin-tail Duck, {A. acuta.) In winter ; common ; breeds north. 



American Wigeon, (A. americana.) Not common; winter. 



Summer Duck, {A. sponsa.) Arrives about middle of March ; 

 breeds ; rare. 



American Green-winged Teal, (A. carolinensis.) Common ; leaves 

 about middle of October. 



European Green-winged Teal, {A. crecca.) One killed here in 

 September, 1854. 



Blue-winged Teal, (A. discors.) Not common; here in September ; 

 breeds north. 



*Shoveller Duck, (A. clypcota.) Very rare; breeds north. 



Scaup Duck, (Fuligula riiarda.) Autumn and spring; not common. 



Ring-necked Duck, {F. ru/iforques.) Rare ; breeds in lakes inland. 



Ruddy Duck, (F. rubida.) Very rare. 



*Pied Duck, (F. labradora.) Occasional. 



Velvet Scoter, {F.fusca.) Common ; goes north to breed ; here in 

 winter. 



Surf Scoter, {F. pcrspicillala.) Not very common ; breeds north as 

 well as inland. 



American Scoter, {F. americana.) Abundant ; breeds north. 



