DELAWARE VALLEY ORNITHOLOGICAL CHJB. 67 



List of Other Species Reported by Observers during 190S, and 

 Additional Notes. 



Horned Grebe. Golymbus auritus. At Lafayette, Pa., on 

 Schuylkill river, April 25, a flock (Day). 



Red-throated Loon. Gavia himme. Three birds, apparently 

 of this species, flying northward over Haverford, April 30, 6:20 

 a. ni. (Carter). 



Herring Gull. Larus argentatus. Observed at Philadelphia 

 up to April 19 and at Atlantic City to April 27 (Prendergasl) . 



American Bittern. Botaurus lentiginosus. Overbrook, April 



3 (Prendergast); Marietta, April 23 (Bidler). 



Least Bittern. Ardetta exilis. Richmond, Philadelphia, May 

 28, also a nest (Miller). 



Coot. Fidica americana. Berwyn, April 25 (Burns). 



Clapper Rail. Ralliis longirostris crepitans. First seen March 

 5; first eggs (three), April 14 — unusually early (Hand). 



Woodcock. Philohela minor. One caught in Philadelphia, 

 March 7 (Murphy). 



Wilson's Stiijie. Gallinago delicata. Lansdowne, Pa., March 



4 (Austin); Cape May, March 3 (Hand). 



Yellow-legs. Tetanus melanoleucus. Westtown, May 9 (Smed- 

 ley and Vail). 



Hudsonian Curlew. Numenius hudsonicus. Cape May, April 

 27. A large flight of Curlew, Yellow-legs and Plover passed 

 over Cape May all through the night of April 29 (Hand). 



Upland Plover. Bartramia longicauda. Cupola, Chester 

 county, May 3 (Hint); Lenape, April 24 (W. Carter); Bristol, 

 May 10 (Keim); Marietta, March 27 (Buller). 



Killdeer. Oxyechus vocifei-us. Formerly remained at Marietta 

 all winter in open seasons now only seen occasionally in autumn 

 (Buller). 



Bobwhite. Colinus virginianus. A few wintered at Overbrook. 

 Found nesting 1902 along the Montgomery pike in Philadelphia 

 county, and a nest with six eggs was found in the same spot 

 July 21, 1901 (Hunt). 



Turkey Vulture. Cathartes aura. Plentiful at Lenape all 

 winter, probably attracted to neighborhood by offal thrown out 



