A 2 Lawrenck. /y/fds of Gray's: Harbor. Was//i>isrfon. | January 



Anas strepera. Gadwall. — Migrant? Two seen May 17, near llo- 

 quiam, flying at a distance. 



Anas americana. Haldpate. — Migrant? Not common. Amounted 

 bird seen, shot on the harbor about Marcli. 



Aix sponsa. Woon Duck. — Resident? Not common. A few seen on 

 the Chehalis River May i:;. A few said to winter about the harbor. 



Aythya vallisneria. Canvasback. — Migrant. Fairly common on the 

 liarbor during migrations. 



Aythya marila nearctica. American Scaup Duck. — Winter resident? 

 Pretty common. 



Aythya affinis. Lesser Scaup Duck. — Winter resident? Common. 

 In greater number than A. in. nearctica. Habits similar. One shot 

 May II. 



Glaucionetta islandica. Barrow's Goldeneye. — Winter resident. 

 Not common? A mounted specimen seen, shot on the harbor in Feb- 

 ruary. 



Charitonetta albeola. Bufflehead. — Winter resident. Not very 

 common. A mounted specimen seen, shot on the harbor in February. 



Oidemia perspicillata. .Surf Scoter. — Winter resident. Pretty com- 

 mon. Frequents the ocean — the saltier — side of the harbor. 



Erismatura rubida Ruddy Duck. — Resident? Saw two Ducks on 

 Quiniault Lake, June 14, at a distance, vvhich I felt sure were this species. 

 They were very wild. 



Branta canadensis. Canada Goose. — Migrant. Common on the 

 harbor tide-flats during the tnigration, in large flocks, and with other 

 species. One seen on the East Hoquiam River May 21. 



Branta nigricans. Black Brant. — Migrant. Fairly common on the 

 harbor during migration. A flock seen flying south August 30, 1890, 

 near Axford Prairie, four miles south of Humptulips. 



? Olorcolumbianus. Whistling Swan. Migrant. Rather rare. Two 

 Swans were shot this year on the harbor by boatmen : one April 18, out 

 of a flock of seven or eight. A flock of about twenty was reported by a 

 settler as passing over Humptulips about April 10. 



Botaurus lentiginosus. American Bittern, — Resident? Not com- 

 mon. Several seen near Ocosta April 3, 4, and 5, 1890. 



Ardea herodias. Great Blue Heron. — Resident? Rather common. 

 Several seen near Ocosta April 3, 4, and 5, 1890, and aftei". Seen on 

 the lower Humptulips; also one on Qiiiniault Lake June 14. 



? Nycticorax nycticorax naevius. Black-crowned Night Heron. — 

 A Heron, which was taken for this one, flew up as our canoe approached 

 the east shore of Qiiiniault Lake, June 12. 



Grus mexicana. Sandhill Crane. — Migrant. Fairly common on 

 the harbor during migrations. A flock of eighteen or twenty seen April 

 20, near the head of tide-water on the Hoquiam River, flying north. 



Gallinago delicata. Wilson's Snipe. — Migrant? On the evening of 

 April 2, 1890, I picked up one which w^as injured, on the street in Aber- 

 deen. They often fly very low over the harbor towns, in the gloaming. 

 I saw a large flock near Hoquiam on Maixh S, 1S91. 



