172;i. Jiianta cauadcnsis htitchinsii ( Rich. )-- Hutchins's Goose. Com- 

 mon. 



180. Olor coluiiihiauiis (Orel) — Whistling- Swan. Rare. 



181. (.Vor buccinator (Rich.) — Trumpeter Swan. Rare. 



190. Botaiinis Icntiginosiis (Montaj^-. ) — An;erican Bittern. Common. 



191. Ardctta cxilis (Gniel. ) — Least Bittern. Rare. 



194. Ardca herodias L,inn. — Great Blue Heron. Uncommon. 



197. Ardea candidissiina Gmel. — Snowy Heron. Rare. 



200. Ardea coerulca Linn. — Little Blue Heron. Rare. 



201. Ardca vircsccns Linn. — Green Heron. Common. 



202. Nycticorax nycticorax na-vius ( Bodd. ) — Black-crowned Nig-ht 

 Heron. Common. 



204. Crriis americana ( Linn. ) — Whooping Crane. Rare. 



206. Czriis uicxicana (Mxill). — Sandhill Crane. Rare. 



212. Rallus virginianus Linn. ---Virginia Rail. Common. 



221. Fulica americana Gmel. — Coot. Common. 



223. Phalaropus lobatus (Linn.) — Northern Phalarope. Uncommon. 



224. SfeganopHS tricolor (Y'iqiW.) — Wilson's Phalarope. Common. 



225. Reciirvirostra americana Gmel. — American Avocet. Uncommon. 



230. (•allinago delicata ( Ord ) — Wilson's Snipe. Infrequent. 



231. Macrorliamplius griseus (Gmel.) — Dowitcher. Infrequent. 



232. IMacrorJiainpluis scolopaceus (Say) — Long-billed Dowitcher. In- 

 frequent. 



233. iMicropalania Iiimaiitopiis ( Bonap. ) — Stilt Sandpiper. Uncom- 

 mon. 



234. Tringa caniitus Linn. — Knot. Very rare. 



239. Tj-inga niaculata Vieill. — Pectoral Sandpiper. Uncommon. 



240. Tringa fuscicollis Vieill. — Bonaparte's Sandpiper. Common. 



241. Tringa hairdii ( Coues ) — Baird's Sandpiper. Very common. 

 243a. Tringa alpina pacijica (Coues) — Red-backed Sandpiper. Very 



rare. 



246. Ereiinetes pKsillus (Linn.) — Semipalmated Sandpiper. 



248. Calidris arenaria (Linn.) — Sanderling. Rare. 



249. Limosafedoa (Linn. )— Marbled Godwit. Infrequent. 



251. Liniosa hceniastica ( Linn. ) — Hudsonian Godwit. Infrequent. 



254. Totanus nielanolcucus ( Gmel. ) — Greater Yellow-legs. Uncom- 

 mon. 



255. Totanus flavipes (Gmel.) — Yellow-legs. Common. 



256. Helodronias solitarius ( Wils. ) — Solitary Sandpiper. Frequent. 

 258a. Sympheniia seinipalinata inornata Brewst. — Western Willet. In- 

 frequent. 



261. Bartramia lo}igicauda (Bechst. ) — Bartramian Sandpiper. Fre- 

 quent. 



262. Tiingifes subrujicollis (Vieill.) — Buff-breasted Sandpiper. Un- 

 common. 



263. Actitis inacularia (Linn.) — Spotted Sandpiper. Uncommon. 

 270. Squatarota squatarola ( Linn. ) — Black-bellied Plover. Uncom- 

 mon. 



272. Charadrius doininicus Miill. — Golden Plover. Frequent. 



273. ^Egialitis vocifera ( Linn. ) — Killdeer. Common. 



274. ^-Egialitis seniipalmata Bonap. — Semipalmated Plover. Common. 

 277a. ^-Kgialitis ineloda circumcincta Ridgw. — Belted Piping Plover. 



Rare. 



283. Arenaria interpres ( Linn. ) — Turnstone. Very rare. 



DISCUSSION. 



DR. H. B. wakd: "It is perhaps a very minor point, but of some impor- 

 tance in accounting for the birds at the lake, that the water is compara- 



