Vol. IT r^. y r r, • 



No. I I Birds of Princeton. 



1901 J 



VI. 



Regular Transient Visitants. 



This group includes the birds which merely visit us 

 during migrations. Breeding, as a rule, north of us, 

 they pass through Princeton in the fall on their way 

 south, returning in the spring. 



List of Regular Transient Visitants. 



Horned Grebe. Colymbus auritus Linn. 



Pied-billed Grebe. Podilymbus podiceps {Limi.). 



Mallard. Anas boschas Linn. 



Black Duck. Anas obscura Gmel. Occasional in 

 winter. 



Green-winged Teal. Nettion carolinensis [Gmel.). 



Blue-winged Teal. Querquedula discors [Linn.). 



American Scaup Duck. Aythya marila [Lijin.). 



Lesser Scaup Duck. Aythya afifinis {Eyt.). 



Butterball. Charitonetta albeola {Linn.). 



Ruddy Duck. Erismatura jamaicensis {Gmel.). 



Canada Goose. Branta canadensis {Li7in.). 



Brant. Branta bernicla [Linn.). 



Great Blue Heron. Ardea herodias Linn. Occasional 

 summer visitant after the breeding season. 



Black-crowned Night Heron. Nycticorax nycticorax 

 naevius {Bodd.). Rare summer resident. 



Sora. Porzana Carolina [Linn.). Rare summer resi- 

 dent. 



Yellow Rail. Porzana noveboracensis [Gmel.). 



American Coot. Fulica americana Gmel. 



Wilson's Snipe. Gallinago delicata [Ord). Rare win- 

 ter resident. 



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