■To. I I Birds of Princeton. 



IQOI J 



Vol 



No. 



190 



A LIST OF THE SPECIES FOUND BREEDING 



IN THE VICINITY OF PRINCETON, 



NEW JERSEY.^ 



Wood Duck. Aix sponsa [Linn.). May 6. 



*American Bittern. Botaurus lentiginosus (7Jfi?«^«^.). 

 Nest and young found June 24, 1899. 

 Least Bittern. Ardetta exilis (Gmel.). May 28. 



Green Heron. Ardea virescens Linn. May 12. 



Black-crowned Night Heron. Nycticorax nycticorax 

 naevius {Bodd.). May 12. 



■^King Rail. Rallus elegans And. ? 



Young taken July 2, 1899. 

 Virginia Rail. Rallus virginianus Linn. (May 28.) 



*Sora. Porzana Carolina [Limi.). ? 



Young taken July 9, 1879. 

 Woodcock. Philohela minor (GmeL). April i. 



Bartramian Sandpiper. Bartramialongicauda (.5^^/i!.f^.). 



May 28. 

 Spotted Sandpiper. Actitis macularia (Zzw;z.). May 29. 

 Killdeer. ^gialitis vocifera (ZzVz;/.). May 11. 



Quail. Colinus virginianus [Linn.).. May 23. 



*Ruffed Grouse. Bonasa umbellus (Zz««.). (May 14.) 

 Mourning Dove. Zenaiduramacroura (Z,/«w.). April 17. 

 Marsh Hawk. Circus hudsonius [Liim.). May 20. 



Sharp-shinned Hawk. Accipiter velox ( PFz/j-.). May 18. 

 Cooper's Hawk. Accipiter cooperii [Bonap.). May 2. 



'Note. — These dates do not refer to nests in process of construction, but 

 they are the earliest dates on which nests containing eggs have been found. 

 The eggs of species marked with an asterislc have not been actually found, but 

 sufficient indication of breeding has been given by such indisputable facts as 

 old birds feeding young, half-fledged young found in the grass, etc. A paren- 

 thesis indicates approximate date where exact data are lacking. 



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