22 Harlow, Breeding Birds of Penna. and N. J. [j^. 



twenty-four nests give the following: average set 7 (6-9), one set of 13; 

 average date June 14 (June 6- July 23). 



20. Gallinula galeata. Florida Gallinule. — Breeds regularly 

 along the Delaware from Bridesburg to Tinicum on both sides of the river, 

 also in the Hackensack marshes. Data on twenty-six nests give: average 

 set, 10 (6-14); average date June 1 (May 22-July 12). 



21. Fulica americana. Coot. — Seen on June 6, 1908, in the Hack- 

 ensack marshes where it has been found nesting by others (Auk, 1907, p. 436.) 

 I can find no evidence of its nesting in Pennsylvania at the present time. 



22. Philohela minor. Woodcock. — A scarce but regular breeder 

 in southern New Jersey and still found in suitable localities in the moun- 

 tainous districts of Pennsylvania, especially in Huntington County. 

 Very scarce in thickly populated sections of both states. I have data on 

 but four nests: 1. Rio Grande, Cape May Co., New Jersey, May 9, 1908; 

 four eggs hatching. 2. Barnegat, Ocean Co., N. J., April 20, 1914, four 

 eggs. 3. Charter Oak, Huntington Co., Pa., April 8, 1917, four eggs. 4. 

 Charter Oak, Huntington Co., Pa., April 14, 1917, four eggs. 



[Gallinago delicata. Wilson's Snipe. — I have been unable to obtain 

 any evidence of the breeding of this species in either Pennsylvania or New 

 Jersey, though it was formerly supposed to be a summer resident in the 

 northern parts of both states.] 



[Totanus melanoleucus. Greater Yellowlegs. — I have seen pairs 

 of this bird performing their mating antics on the coast marshes of New 

 Jersey as late as May 25 and they have circled about me calling constantly. 

 I have also noted them in Ocean County as early as July 5 — migrating 

 birds, of course, in both cases. May not instances such as these have 

 prompted Ord's statement that they bred in New Jersey?] 



23. Helodromas solitarius solitarius. Solitary Sandpiper. — A 

 very rare breeder in the higher mountainous districts. I have only one 

 breeding record, an old bird with young, at La Anna, Pike County, Pa. 

 (see Oologist, March, 1906). 



24. Bartramia longicauda. Upland Plover. — Rare but regular 

 breeding bird in the open farming country of southern Pennsylvania. I 

 have noted them in summer in Bucks, Chester, Lancaster, Dauphin, Adams, 

 Cumberland, Northumberland, Mifflin, Snyder, Center, Indiana, and 

 Greene Counties. Three pairs bred within eight miles of State College, 

 Center Co. in 1917. I have found two nests: 1. George School, Bucks 

 Co., Pa., May 18, 1908; four eggs. 2. Newtown, Bucks Co., Pa., May 24, 

 1910; four eggs. 



25. Actitis macularia. Spotted Sandpiper.— Breeds abundantly 

 throughout both states. Data on sixteen nests give: average set 4; 

 average date, May 28 (May 16- June. 18). 



26. Oxyechus vociferus. Killdeer. — Common through both states 

 as far north as Center Co., Pennsylvania, rare in the northern counties 

 and absent from the higher mountains. Data on eighteen nests give: 

 average set 4; average date, May 1 (April 20- June 18). 



