284 Pennock, Birds of Delaware. [fu^ 



a specimen shot near Odessa about November, 1898. Another 

 was shot May 13, 1905, on Indian River Bay, but it was a cripple^ 

 probably gun-shot in the early spring. The gunners of Indian 

 River country recognize the distinction in the two Black Ducks. 

 They state that the "Nigger" Black Duck, as they style it, is the 

 smaller and frequently nests with them, while the larger bird which 

 they call "Red-Paddle" never breeds thereabouts. 



7. Trumpeter Swan (Olor buccinator). — In Bulletin No. 26, 

 of the Biological Survey, page 86, Mr. Cooke states: "During its 

 migrations it occasionally strays to the Atlantic slope," and brackets- 

 a record (November 9, 1886, Lincoln, Del.). 



8. Pectoral Sandpiper (Actodromas maculata). — There is a 

 specimen in the Bush collection at Wilmington taken in the State 

 several years ago, about 1878. Probably occurs at the present 

 time as a spring and fall migrant. 



9. HuDSONiAN GoDWiT (Limosa hcBmastica). — On May 8,. 

 1906, I saw a pair of these birds on a marsh a mile north of Reho- 

 both. I have heard gunners occasionally speak of seeing "jNIarlin" 

 but have found no specimen in any collection. 



10. American Oyster-catcher (Hcematopus palliatus). — - 

 Seemingly rare at the present time. I recently saw a handsome 

 mounted specimen in a small collection of birds near Wilmington. 

 This bird had been shot in early summer of 1862 at or near Port 

 Penn, on the Delaware River, about 20 miles south of Wilmington. 

 I have no recent record. 



11. American Rough-legged Haavk {Archibntco lagopus 

 sancti-johaimis). — INIr. Oberholser has called my attention to a 

 Delaware record for this bird in the ' Catalogue of the Birds in the 

 British Museum', Vol. I, p. 198, 1874. No date is given for the 

 capture. A black hawk was caught in a steel trap near Stanton, 

 in the northern end of the State, on February 7, 1902, and another, 

 was taken in a similar manner near the same place "at an earlier 

 date." Both these birds are preserved. 



12. Golden-winged Warbler (Hclminthophila chnjsoptera). 

 — ]Mr. Lyman, near Wilmington, has a male taken May 13, 1900. 

 Presumably they are regular spring and fall migrants. 



13. Connecticut Warbler {Geothlypis agilis). — Probably 

 not uncommon as a fall migrant. I usually see them more or les& 



