188 The Wilson Bulletin, No. 72-73. 



C'l Lurtis (iif/eiitutux. — Herring Gull. Oominou visitant through- 

 out the year. Individuals appear each year in Branch Brook Park. 

 one of E8S-ex"s largo locreation centers, and on the Great Piece 

 Meadows during the winter niontlis. Is a common visitant along 

 the Passaic TJiver from Xutlcy to Newark Bay throughout the year. 



(3) ,l//«.s' ohseiira. — Black Duck. Bare winter migrant. Occa- 

 sionally found on the (ireat Piece Meadows near Pine Brook. A 

 pair was seen resting on a small pimd in East Orange on Decem- 

 ber K), 1900. 



(4) Braiita canaih iisis. — Canada (toosc. A regular si)ring and 

 fall migrant, appearing in eniiy ^Nlarch and returning in November 

 and early December. 



( ."> ) Biitorides rircscviis. — Green Heron, ("onunon summer visi- 

 tant. Was first recorded on August 20. 100!>, in Branch Brook 

 Park. It later appeared in the same locality on September 9 of 

 that year. It was found in this park on September 10 and 11 of 

 this year and also at Davey's Pond on August 29. 



(0) ClalliiiKit/o (hiuata. — Wilson's Snipe. A common migrant and 

 sunnner visitant. 



(7) Actifis iiKiciildiiii. — Spotted Sandpijicr. .V. i-are siunrnw res- 

 ident, chiefly a cdnnnon transient visitant. Found nest in a corn- 

 field near Clinton on June 12, 190G. with (liree young just out of 

 tlie shell and one uniiroken egg. Most abundant in late June and 

 early July. 



(8) Oji/echus vocifervs. — Killdeer. A rather rare transient vis- 

 itant. First appeared on a farm on the outskirts of Bloomlield on 

 July :>. 19(!2. It next appeared at the reservoir in the South Moun- 

 tain Reservation, another of Essex's large parks, on July 18, 1909, 

 and on INIarch 0. 1910 a pair were foimd near the waterworks in 

 East Orange. 



(9) Col ill us riri/iiiidiiHx. — Bob-white. Formerly a common per- 

 manent resident, but now only a rare visitant in the farming dis- 

 tricts where fond is available. 



(10) Zeiiaiiliira macroiira. — Mourning Dove. Was formerly a 

 conuiion sunnner resident now only a transient visitant. When I 

 first began making observations in 1902 this bird was fairly abim- 

 dant during migrations and July and August, but within the last 

 five years I have record of finding only ten individuals in the en- 

 tire county, and these were taken at such times as would indicate 

 the bird as only a transient visitant. No nests have been found 

 since 190;i 



