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173. Branta bernicla (Linn.) Brant. 



Transient visitant ; rare. Cayuga Lake, Dec, 1877, and Nov. 

 26, 1878— Aub. p. 36. 



174. Branta nigricans (Lawr.) Black brant. 



Transient visitant ; rare. Oneida Lake, Lewis Point, Oct. 30, 

 1 89 1 — Egbert Bagg. 



180. dor columbianus (Ord) Whistling swan. 



Transient visitant ; occasional. Has been taken near Buffalo, 

 Lewiston, Medina, Oneida Lake and Utica. " Nearly every season 

 a number of this species are taken in a wounded condition in Niagara 

 River below the falls" — Dav. No. 36. Last record, Honeoye Lake, 

 Apr., 1898, 3 birds observed. 



181. Olor buccinator* (Rich.) Trumpeter swan. 



Accidental visitant. Cayuga Lake — Aub. p. 36. Buffalo, "Acci- 

 dental — Chas. Linden''' — Berg. p. 6. 



Order HERODIONES Herons, ibises, etc. 



Family IBIDIDAE. Ibises. 



186, Plegadis autumnalis (Hasselq. ) Glossy ibis. 



Summer visitant ; very rare. Dunkirk, April, 1894 — Auk 12, 

 393. Tonawanda Swamp, May, 1884 — Auk 16, 193. 



187. Plegadis guarauna (Linn.) White-faced glossy ibis. 

 Accidental visitant. Niagara River, Aug., 1884 ; — 3d ann. rept. 



N. Y. state museum, p. 22; also Auk 4, 253. 



Family ARDEIDAE Herons, bitterns, etc. 



190. Botaurus lentiginosus (Montag. ) American bittern. 

 Summer resident ; fairly common. April 18 — Nov. 10. Found 



in swamps and marshes, more generally distributed than the least 

 bittern. Breeds in secluded grassy marshes ; May 15 — June 10 ; 

 eggs 3-5- 



191. Ardetta exilis (Gmel. ) Least bittern. 



Summer resident ; fairly common in grassy marshes. May 15 — 

 Sept. 15. . Nest built of dead grass among sedges growing in shallow 

 water ; June 10-25 : eggs 3-5. 



