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219. Gallinula galeata (Licht. ) Florida gallinule. 



Summer resident; common in the large reed-covered marshes. 

 April 28 — Oct. 25. Nest, a heap of dead weeds and flags, in or near 

 the water, concealed among thick grass; May 15 — June 20; eggs, 10 

 — 14. Commonly called "mudhen." 



221. Fulica americana Gmel. American coot. 



Transient visitant; fairly common in the fall, less so in the spring. 

 April 25 — May 20; Sept. 10 — Nov. 5. Found along reedy streams 

 and marshy shores, usually swimming like a duck. Said to breed in 

 the Montezuma marshes and along the shore of Lake Ontario. Also 

 called "mud hen." 



Order L I M I C O L A E . Shore birds. 

 Family PHALAROPODIDAE. Phalaropes. 



222. Crymophilus fulicarius (Linn.) Red phalarope. 

 Transient visitant; rare. Buffalo, Sept. 26, 1894; snd Oct., 1892 



— Auk 12, 313. Oneida Lake, Oct. 4, 1889 — Auk 7, 229. Penn Yan 

 — James Flahive. 



223. Phalaropus lobatus (Linn.) Northern phalarope. 

 Transient visitant; rather uncommon. Has been captured at Buf- 

 falo, Baldwinsville, Onondaga Lake, Westmoreland, Oneida Lake, 

 Owasco Lake, and Penn Yan. Last record : Branchport, May 16, 

 1895 — Auk 16, 285. 



224. Steganopus tricolor Vieill. Wilson's phalarope. 

 Transient visitant; rare. Ithaca, fall, 1892 — L. A. Fuertes. Onon- 

 daga Lake, Sept. 2, 1886 — C. P. L. Noxon. Oneida Lake, Oct. 6, 

 1883 — R. & B. p. 112. Penn Yan — Aub, p. 30. 



Family RECURVIROSTRIDAE Avocets arid stilts. 



225. Recurvirostra americana Gmel. American avocet. 

 Summer visitant; accidental. Buffalo — Berg. p. 7. 



Family SCOLOPACIDAE Snipes, sandpipers, etc. 

 228. Philohela minor (Gmel. ) American woodcock. 



Summer resident; fairly common in swampy alder and willow 

 coverts. In fall often found in upland woods. Much less common 

 than formerly. March 10 — Nov. 15. Nest, on the ground; April i — 

 20; eggs 4. 



