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208, King Rail; very rare. Brides- 

 burg, June 12, 1908; 11 eggs. 



212, Virginia Rail. Not common. 

 Britlesburg, June 10, 1909; 10 eggs. 



219, Florida Gallinule; common and 

 restricted. Richmond, June 10, 1904; 

 10 eggs. 



221, Coot; exceedingly rare. Rich- 

 mond, several half grown young sliot 

 in July, 1900 by illegal gunners. An 

 adult was seen here on May 26, of 

 this year. 



223, Woodcock. Rare. Occur through- 

 out the breeding season at many lo- 

 calities as my records indicate, but 

 my patient researches for nests have 

 all been in vain. 



261, Upland Plover. Rare and for- 

 merly. Sandiford, on June 26, 1903 

 a bird was seen and evidently nested. 

 I have the assurance of farmers that 

 a pair had been about all that summer. 



26.1. Spotted Sandpiper. Common. 

 Frankford, May 14, 1897, 3 fresh eggs. 



273, Killdeer; rare. Bridesburg, July 

 25, 1903, two family flocks. 



289, Bob-white; very rare. Pair 

 bred at Sandiford in 1903, where I saw 

 l)air in June, but failed to locate their 

 nest. 



316, Mourning Dove; not common. 

 Blue Grass, May 10, 1902, 2 eggs. 



325, Turkey Vulture. Exceedingly 

 rare. Pair was seen all summer of 

 1909 at Verusville, and with their two 

 young on wing at Rockledge on June 

 24, 1909. 



333, Cooper's Hawk; rare. Walnut 

 Hill, April 17, 1902, 4 eggs. 



339, Red-shouldered Hawk, very 

 rare. Walnut Hill, May 2, 1908, 2 

 eggs. (This locality — Walnut Hill — 

 is just across the Philadelphia County 

 line, in Montgomery County. On sev- 

 eral occasions have observed both the 

 Cooper's and Red-shouldered Hawks in 

 Philadeliihia County, but as yet have 

 not succeeded in finding a nest, though 



I have seen family flocks of both spe- 

 cies.) 



343, Broad-winged Hawk, rare. 

 Frankford, deserted nest, April 28, 

 1902. 



352, Bald Eagle, exceedingly rare 

 during former years. A pair is said to 

 have then nested at Jonesdale. I have 

 two records of birds seen and undoubt- 

 edly stragglers; Jonesdale, May 16, 

 1899, and Frankford, June 9, 1899. 



360, Sparrow Hawk; common. 

 Frankford, April 14, 1898, 3 fresh eggs. 



364, Osprey; exceedingly rare dur- 

 ing former years. One was seen at 

 Holmesburg, May 28, 1898. 



366, Long-eared Owl; rare. Frank- 

 ford, June 9, 1899, 4 fledglings. (The 

 Barn Owl is also a rare summer resi- 

 dent, occurring chiefly south of the 

 city, but as yet I have never seen it 

 in winter or summer.) 



373, Screech Owl; common and de- 

 creasing. Frankford, April 15, 1899. 

 3 eggs. 



387, Yellow-billed Cuckoo; common. 

 Jonesdale, July 14, 1897, 3 eggs. 



388, Black-billed Cuckoo; not rare. 

 Frankford, June 22, 1898, 4 eggs. 



390, Belted Kingfisher; not rare. 

 Holmesburg, May 20, 1897, 6 naked 

 young. 



393, Hairy Woodpecker; rare. Have 

 found inaccessible nests at Fi'ankford, 

 Holmesburg and Bustleton on differ- 

 ent occasions. 



394c, Downy Woodpecker; common. 

 Holmesburg, June 9, 1900, 5 fledglings. 



406, Red-headed Woodpecker; 

 scarce. Coopersville, June 9, 1S97, 6 

 eggs. 



412a, Northern Flicker; abundant. 

 Frankford, May 5, 1897, 5 eggs. 



420, Nighthawk; rare. Crescentville. 

 May 30, 1907, flushed a female but 

 failed to find its nest, though its ac- 

 tions and behavior indicated the pres- 

 ence of one. 



423, Chimney Swift; common. 



