34 Some Birds of Olympia, Washington 



17. Larus Philadelphia. Bonaparte Gull. Abundant in winter. Pos- 

 sibly resident. 



18. Sterna paradisasa. Arctic Tern. Common summer resident. 



19. Phalacroccrax peocillatus. Brandt Cormorant. Common resident. 



20. Phalacroccrax pelagicus. Pelagic Cormorant. Rare winter visitor. 



21. Merganser americanus. American Merganser. Abundant in 

 spring. 



22. Merganser serrator. Red-breasted Merganser. Common in winter. 

 2.'^. Lophodytes cucullatus. Hooded Merganser, Rather common 



resident. 



24. Anas boechas. Mallard. Not common resident. 



25. Nettion carolinensis. Green-winged Teal. Seen in spring. Rare. 



26. Spatula clypeata. Shoveller. Rare resident. 



27. Aix sponsa. Wood Duck. Rare resident. 



28. Aythya americana. Redhead. Not common resident. 



29. Aythya valfisneria. Canvas-back. Abundant in winter and tame. 



30. Aythya marila. Scaup Duck. Not very common. 



31. Aythya affinis. Lesser Scaup Duck. Abundant resident. 



32. Clangula clangula americana. American Golden-eye. Abundant 

 resident. 



.33. Charitonetta albeola. Butfle-head. Rather common resident. 



34. Harelda hyemalis. Old-squaw. Rare winter visitor. 



35. Histrionicus histrionicus. Harlequin Duck. A pair seen April 5. 



36. Oidemia deglandi. White-winged Scoter. Common winter resi- 

 dent. 



37. Oidemia perspicillata. Surf Scoter. Common winter resident. 

 Tamr. 



38. Chen h/perborea. Lesser Snow Goose. Rare migrant. 



.39 Ansex albifrons gambeli. White-fronted Goose. Not common 

 migrant. 



40. Branta canadensis oocidentalis. White-cheeked Goose. Common 

 migrant. As I have not had the opportunity of closely examining this 

 goose, and as the books give several varieties of Canada geese for this 

 region, I am not absolutely certain of this species. The hunters do not 

 distinguish the different varieties of Canada geese. They report them 

 nesting to some extent in this locality, 



41. Botaurus lentiginosus. American Bittern. Summer resident. 



42. Ardea herodias. Great Blue Heron. Resident. Rare in winter. 



43. Ardea virescens. Green Heron. Not common summer resident. 



44. Nycticorax nycticorax najvius. Black-crowned Night Heron. 

 Summer resident. 



45. Fulica americana. American Coot. Summer resident. 



46. Gallinago delicata. Wilson Snipe. Summer resident. Returns 

 in February. 



47. Ereunetes occidentalis Western Sandpiper. Migrant. 



48. Numenius longirostris. Long-billed Curlew. Probably summer 

 resident. 



49. Colinus virginlanus. Bob-white. Rare resident. Introduced. 



