57. Rallus crepitans. Clapper Rail. 



Summer i-esident. Breeds on salt marshes. Taken as late as 

 Nov. 14 by Dr. E. H. Eames. 



58. Rallus virginianus. Virginia Rail. 



Commou summer resident, breeding on salt marshes. 



59. Porzana Carolina. Rail {of gunners). 



Summer resident ; breeds on salt and brackish marshes. 



60. Porzana noveboracensis. Yellow Rail. 



Summer resident ; not eounnon. StratTord, Linsley and W. 

 H.Lucas; Milford, Mr. Griniiell. 



61. Gallinula galeata. Florida GaUinule. '■'■King Rail.'' 



Summer resident. Frequently shot on Housatonic river bj' 

 rail shooters. Twelve eggs taken at Stratford by W. H. Lucas 

 June 25th, 1891. 



62. Fulica americana. American Coot. '■'■Mud Hen.'''' 



Migrant. Common on Housatonic river in September and 

 October. Less common in spring. 



63. Phalaropus tricolor. Wilson's Phalarope. 



A western bird, accidental in New England. Bridgeport, 

 Linsley. 



64. Philohela minor. Woodcock. 



Resident, but most common from late February till November. 



65. Gallinago delicata. '■^English iini2)e.'' 



Common migrant. March and April; October and November. 



66. Macrorhamphus griseus. '■''DoioitcherP 



Migrant. Tolerably common in August and September. 



67. Tringa canutus. Knot. "•Rohiii Snipe.''' 



Irregular migrant. Have shot it in August on meadows of 

 Housatonic river. 



Note. — Tringa maritima, Purple Sandpiper, occurs on 

 rocky shores of the sound in winter. 



68. Tringa maculata. Pectoral Sandpiper. '■'■Squatter'' 



Common migrant. August to November. 



69. Tringa fuscicollis. White -rimiped Sandpiper. 



Migrant. Stratford, two specimens secured by Linsley. 

 Not known to writer, but not considered rare in Connecticut. 



70. Tringa bairdii. Raird's Sandpiper. 



Eare migrant. Stratford, November 3d, 1888, J. H. Averill. 

 See the writer in tlie Auk, Vol. VI, p. 1^9, where lirst recorded 

 for Connecticut. 



