464 Rathbun, Water Birds of the Puget Sound. LOct. 



56. Ardea herodias fannini. Northwestern Coast Heron. — 

 A common resident and breeds. 



57. Grus canadensis. Little Brown Crane. — Although a quite 

 regular migrant, apparently not very common. 



58. Rallus virginianus. Virginia Rail. — Common summer resi- 

 dent and breeds. 



59. Porzana Carolina. Sora. — A not uncommon summer resident 

 and breeds. 



60. Fulica americana Coot. — - Abundant resident. Breeds. 

 Seemingly restricted to the fresh water. 



61. Lobipes lobatus. Northern Phalarope. — A rare spring but 

 regular fall migrant. 



62. Gallinago delicata. Wilson's Snipe. — Abundant spring and 

 fall migrant. Not uncommon during the winter. 



63. Macrorhamphus griseus scolopaceus. Long-billed Do- 

 witcher. — Observed as a not uncommon fall migrant. 



64. Tringa canutus. Knot. — A rare spring and fall migrant. Mr. 

 D. E. Brown has several spring records. 



65. Pisobia maculata. Pectoral Sandpiper. — Rare and noted as a 

 fall migrant only. 



66. Pisobia minutilla. Least Sandpiper. — Common migrant, 

 more particularly during the early fall. 



67. Pelidna alpina sakhalina. Red-backed Sandpiper. — Not an 

 uncommon spring and fall migrant and sometimes observed in winter. 



68. Ereunetes mauri. Western Sandpiper.— A rather common 

 fall migrant. 



69. Calidris leucophsea. Sanderling. — A rare spring but common 

 fall migrant and probably winters to a limited extent. Observed March 26, 

 1910; January 11, 1911; and on December 11, 1913, flocks numbering 

 several hundred birds were noted at Smith's Island, located near the en- 

 trance to Puget Sound. On December 18, following we observed a flock 

 of about sixty at this same point and on the nineteenth and twentieth at 

 Dungeness, about seventeen miles southwest, flocks aggregating nearly a 

 thousand birds were watched busily feeding, they allowing an approach 

 to within twenty feet. Among the Sanderling were a few Red-backed 

 Sandpipers. 



70. Totanus melanoleucus. Greater Yellow-legs.— Regular 

 spring and fall migrant. 



71. Totanus flavipes. Yellow-legs. — Not uncommon as a spring 

 migrant. 



72. Helodromas solitarius cinnamomeus. Western Solitary 

 Sandpiper. — Very rare. Specimen taken May 6, 1914, by D. E. Brown. 



73. Catoptrophorus semipalmatus inornatus. Western Wil- 

 let. — One record. September 6, 1913, by D. E. Brown. 



74. Actitis macularia. Spotted Sandpiper. — Rather common 

 summer resident and breeds. 



