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Fam. SCOLOPACIDiE. 



30. Himantopus nigricoUis (Vieill.)- 



'• Black-nock Stilt. Not commou. Resident"? 



31. Gallinago wilsoni (Temm.). 

 " Snipe. 



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

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

 in small numbers ; resident." 



32. Ereunetes petrificatus (111.). 

 " Least San d I) i per, 



'' Resident ; br eds ; now in flocks of 4-6." 



33. Symphemia semipalmata (Gm.). 



" Willet. Common ; said to breed." 



34. Gambetta flavipes (Gm.). 

 '• Ycllow-Iegs (smaller). 



" Common ; resident, or nearly so." 



35. Rhyacophilus solitarius (Wils.)? 

 " JSaiidpiper. 



" Resident ; solitary about the lagoons and fresh-water ponds,'* 



36. Numenius hudsonicus (Lath.). 

 "Curlew. Resident; breeds; common." 



Fam. LARIDiE. 



37. Sterna mazima, Bodd. ? 



" Royal Tern. Seen only." 



38. Larus atricilla, Linn. 

 "Gull. Breeds; resident." 



Fam. PODICIPITID^. 



39. Podilymbus podiceps (Liun.)? 

 "'Diver' (Grebe?). 



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

 ance." 

 New York, Novemler 14, 1878, 



