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Great Blue Heron, Ai'dea herodias, anived at Plainfield, N. J., 

 April 10 {Miller); Swarthniore, Pa., April 13 {Ilannum); 

 Moorestown, N. J., April 17 (Evans); Lenape, Pa., April 16 

 {Trimble & Carter); Yardville, N. J., April 24 (Allison); George 

 School, Fa., May 4 (McCreary). 



White Egret, Ardea egretta (see pp. 15-21). 



Little Blue Heron, A. coerulea (see pp. 15-21). 



Night Heron, Nycticorax n. naevius. One shot at Tinicum, 

 February 15 (Smith) ; specimen in collection Academy Natural 

 Sciences, Philadelphia. 



King Rail, Ballus elegans. One deserted nest. Ninety-second 

 street marsh, June 8 (Stone). This locality, formerly such a 

 resort for rails, seems to have been nearly deserted owing to 

 draining (Reed, Hughes & Stone). 



Virginia Rail, R. virginianus. Two nests. Cape May, N. J., 

 June 1 (Hughes). 



Woodcock, Philohela minor, Moorestown, N. J., March 9 

 (Evans); Plainfield, N. J., March 16 (Miller). 



Wilson's Snipe, Gallinago delir.ata, Bristol, Pa., April 13 

 (Keim); George School, Pa., April 7 (McCreary); Plainfield, 

 N. J., March 2 (Miller). 



Least Sandpiper, Tringa, minutilla, Cape May, N. J., Apr. 30 

 (Hand). 



Yellow-legs, Totanus melanoleiicus, Cape May, N. J., April 2 

 (Hand); Plainfield, N. J., May 25 (Miller). 



Curlew, Numenius hudsonicus, Cape May, N. J., April 30 

 (Hand). 



Semipalmated Plover Aegialitis semipalmata, Cape May, N. J., 

 May 1 (Hand). 



Upland Plover, Bartramia longicauda, Lenape, Pa., April 21 

 (Carter & Trimble); Coatesville, Pa., May 18 (H. E. Stone). 



Bobwhite, Colinus virginianus, Cape May, N. J., a great migra- 

 tion; Oct. 21, saw a flock at Cape May Point, flying over the water 

 a mile from any feeding ground; another flock w-as observed to 

 run to the water's edge and take flight apparently for Delaware. 

 There is always a large migration about the first week in Octo- 

 ber (Hand). A brood was raised near Bristol, Pa., for the first 

 time in many years, and one bird was seen May 25 (Keim). 



